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...swallow tons of peasants, and the earth munches on them the way a cow chews oats. Lana, meanwhile, is hammering picturesquely on death's door as she battles a tropical fever, and as soon as she can walk she staggers, understandably enough, toward the nearest exit. She is apt to find it crowded...
...like to try and spell out what makes South Pacific so much the product of our time and country . . ." At this point, Bernstein is apt to drop his expressive hands helplessly and conclude: "There are millions of things I want to do. I'm afraid there just isn't time for all of them...
...spring, television passed its tender youth in a favorable climate. During the past six years, while TV sets were becoming common articles of furniture, the sun had few spots to mess up TV reception. Now sunspots are increasing on their nine-to 13-year cycle, and televiewers are apt to see odd and sometimes annoying effects...
...programs were broadcast, but the world is full of stations now. If the sunspot maximum is a strong one (sometimes they fizzle), programs from almost anywhere are apt to show up almost anywhere else. The pictures will seldom be good, and they will seldom last long. If the foreign station has a different line image (Britain uses 405 lines, the U.S. 525 lines), its picture will be a meaningless pattern of distorting interferences. U.S. viewers in some cases can adjust their sets to pick up the foreign picture, but then they will not get U.S. pictures...
...must always pay the piper. Fortunately, we already have such a person. This philanthropic gentleman wishes to remain anonymous, but perhaps the more discerning of our audience will be able to find a clue to his identity in the following commercial." When the sales message has ended, Hitchcock is apt to say: "Over so soon? My, time certainly passes quickly when you're being entertained . . ." Another time, he observes doubtfully: "You know, I believe commercials are improving every day. Next week we hope to have another one-equally fascinating. And, if time permits, we shall bring you another story...