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...greatest train wreck ever filmed in The Greatest Show on Earth; the scene in The Quiet Man in which Barry Fitzgerald walks into the newly weds cottage after their fast night and finds the broken bed; the climax of the Crimson Pirate a perfect parody, during which a balloon and a submarine attack a square rigger...

Author: By Laurence D. Savadoye, | Title: Best Scenes of 1952 | 2/4/1953 | See Source »

Even a small satellite could be made to shine at dusk. It could inflate a plastic balloon which would gleam as brightly in the sunlight as a first-magnitude star. This "American star," rising in the west, should make a powerful impression on the peoples of Asia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Journey into Space | 12/8/1952 | See Source »

...great balloon of educational television in the Boston area has developed a serious puncture. Its foremost brace, the Lowell Institute Broadcasting Council, lacks the one thing which upper story ideals cannot replace--financial backing. Without it the Council is going nowhere...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Video Grab-bag | 10/10/1952 | See Source »

Roaming the Mediterranean during the 18th century. Pirate Lancaster and his capering, cutthroat crew outwit the King of Spain's men on sea. land and even in the air-by means of an anachronistic balloon. There is also a subplot about El Libre (Frederick Leister), a democratic rebel, and his pretty daughter (Eva Bar-tok), who is loved by Lancaster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Sep. 15, 1952 | 9/15/1952 | See Source »

...Eisenhower's decision to speak off the cuff as much as possible has helped to get him across to his audiences. Ike, however, sometimes seems to have a balloon up that cuff. A sentence will start simply, belly out and break loose from its grammatical moorings. Sometimes it lands safely, sometimes it floats on & on. Sample free balloons from last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Balloon up the Cuff | 9/1/1952 | See Source »

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