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PBPPPIPPIPAP AD IBLES are to be taxed. PrayerB books are to be taxed. Handel and Shakespeare are to be taxed more, But betting is not taxed at all.-aA. P, Herbert, M.P. * * * OTHING nails a man more securely in his coffin than too much praise, -Margot, Lady Asquith, x * * OST of them come from the lower side of New York, where people sweat and stink. They are so ugly and miserable that in their hearts there is nothing but hate--German broadcaster on American journalists. * * * NoOwabays everybody seems to say "definitely" when they mean "yes." -Mr. Justice Humphreys. % * % I HAVE never taken the view that Mr. Coward writes better than Oscar Wilde or even Sheridan, but I have always regarded him as a serious patriot. That was shown when he cultivated the company of some of our most brilliant stars from the Foreign Office, and took his daily walk in Whitehall.Atticus in "The Sunday Times."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 75, 29 November 1940, Page 6
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154SHORTWAVES New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 75, 29 November 1940, Page 6
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