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...tough trade of espionage, it is an axiom that an exposed spy is disowned by the organization which employs him. Spender and Saplakan, Osmanov and Sarantsev (if they were not propaganda fiction) might have worked for any one of a dozen national or political groups in Western Europe, persecuted and exiled by the Soviet Union. None admitted it. As for the U.S., State Department Spokesman Michael McDermott was emphatic: "We know nothing of these men, and we know nothing of the incidents...
...farce built on the Gallic axiom that there are three sides to every story, Nina has the husband decide in the first act to kill the lover, in the next act to kill the wife, in the last act to kill himself. The husband is much the most rewarding member of the trio-a hypochondriac who sneezes just when he intends to shoot, a red-nosed reindeer with, deep down in him, a bit of the wolf. British Actor Alan (The Winslow Boy) Webb plays the part so delightfully that he is even able to raise some hopes...
...Lady (MGM) is the third movie version of The Last of Mrs. Cheyney, Frederick Lonsdale's 1925 stage comedy of larceny in the drawing room. Inspired by the time-tested Hollywood axiom, "if at first you succeed, try, try again," the latest cinemadaptation comes off well enough to suggest that even now movie-goers may not be seeing the last of Mrs. Cheyney...
...Scholarship Committee) handbook (for alumni) also implies the now generally accepted axiom that the so called "all around boy" is what Harvard wants most. But a graduate should be sure to make no promises to a boy who hasn't the minimum amount of intelligence to do the work required at Harvard. A reasonably accurate formula has been worked out to determine this level of intelligence...
...XF4D illustrates an aerodynamic axiom: "The more power you have, the less wing you need." Presumably it is very fast; it may be supersonic. The short, steeply swept-back wing is shaped to minimize the Shockwave effects that are generally felt near the speed of sound. The thickness of the foreshortened wing and weblike "planform" in the center is intended to direct the air in a "three-dimensional flow"-below, above and around...