Still Another Crack in the AngloAmerican Alliance. B. H. Liddel Hart’s book, which was published in the United States in early December as “The Red Army,” has been published in England as “The Soviet Army.”
From Bennet Cerfs “Trade Winds”' column in “The Saturday Review”: Saxe Commins, aboard a train from Princeton to Pennsylvania station, shared a seat with a reader who tore off the bottom half of every page he finished in his book and threw it on the floor. Unable to contain his curiosity, Commins finally asked, “Why are you mutilating your book in that fashion?” The man explained gravely, “It’s my way of keeping out the wild elephants.” “But there are no wild elephants on this train,” protested Commins. “See?” said the man triumphantly, “It’s working already.” 1
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Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28158, 22 December 1956, Page 3
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