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...ignored by the overconfident Germans-of assessing the capabilities of the Red Army. As chief of intelligence on the Eastern front, he quickly won a reputation for precise forecasting of Russian moves, but his predictions of Soviet victories so angered Hitler that he ordered Gehlen sent to an insane asylum...
Three months after they skipped ship in Japan to show their opposition to the war, America's most celebrated Viet Nam deserters-four young sailors from the carrier Intrepid-finally found comfortable berths in a hospitable Sweden last week. Given asylum on "humanitarian" rather than political grounds by Sweden's Aliens Commission, the sailors-John Barilla, age 20, Richard D. Bailey, 19, Craig W. Anderson, 20, and Michael A. Linder, 19-marked their farewell to arms by lifting champagne glasses in toasts to peace, expanding on their views before ever-present bands of Swedish and foreign reporters...
While the Intrepid crewmen basked in the limelight, Sweden also accepted three other antiwar deserters from the 200,000-man U.S. Army in Germany and examined the pleas for asylum from several other G.I.s. By week's end at least 17 American deserters were in Sweden...
From that point, the novel jumps forward 18 years to Semple's recovery and his release from the state asylum. Shortly afterwards, he has a chance meeting with Hunt. In the inevitable, violent conclusion, Hunt dies a fitting voyeur's death by defenestration...
Based upon a number of Lofting books, the movie begins when Dolittle is just a plain, ordinary people doctor. One day he learns to talk to animals, and thereafter his odd behavior tries his patients, who would like to see him committed to Her Majesty's asylum. With the help of his animal chums, he breaks away and sails on the good ship Flounder in search of the Great Pink Sea Snail. On board his overloaded ark are an Irish cat-food seller (Anthony Newley), a small boy (William Dix), and a pretty admirer (Samantha Eggar). All too soon...