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Last week, Fanatic Koch propounded an interesting ornithological theory: that chaffinches have different accents in different parts of the world. Playing the song of a British chaffinch, German-accented Dr. Koch said: "Ant now, as you vill see by my next record, zee German chaffinch, unlike zee Kent chaffinch, finishes op viz a sound like 'wurz debur.' " Sure enough...
...good reason, he loves his adopted England. "In England," he explains happily, "it is everyzing for zee birds and animals. It is amazing how zey understand how important...
...manager, a light blond, told us that in her less jungle-like moments La Voodoo was known as Stella Danfray. They were just in from Hollywood where DcMille had given her a screen test. And how did La Voodoo like Hollywood? "Ect is so complex, so hectic. But zee country ees so beautiful." What interested her most in the States? She looked around for her manager who had gone off in the corner with the buyers. American slang was the answer; she spoke English well, but these quaint expressions--they confused her. Someone in the little group noticed...
...thorough job of cleaning up the war damage and done. Rotterdam, greatly devastated, is at the moment building several spiffy functional department stores to fill the grassy vacuum in the middle of the city. The fight against the sea continues; the canals are constantly dredged; and the whole Zuider Zee is being transformed into land...
...broad highway from the Zuider Zee topped a beech-trimmed ridge, then dropped into the town. In the growing darkness, the steep-roofed houses spread themselves out in misty brick waves. At the hotel, a man took my suitcase and typewriter, then ushered us inside. A banquet table had been spread across the length of the dining room...