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...took its place was not militaristic, not chauvinistic, not even mystic-was for down-to-earth opportunism rather than any magic clichè of expansion. Worst of all, its Premier was a Navy man. And of all the Navy men in Japan, he was Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai -the tall, boyish, amiable, aristocratic, experienced (thrice Navy Minister), pro-U. S., moderate Naval Commander in Chief who last summer threw a monkey wrench into the proposed Rome-Berlin-Tokyo military machine. As Navy Minister he refused to put his great fleet at the disposal of two major countries with minor navies...
Just nine months ago pink-cheeked, boyish Gary Bok, publisher of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, walked into an editorial meeting and announced with pride that he had hired as editor at $15,000 a year one of the best-known newspapermen in the U. S.: Stanley Walker...
...Government Concentrators, the Guardian, the Progressive, the language clubs, the musical organizations, and many others. The Lowell House symposia were excellent examples of informal education at work. The Student Council, with its investigating committees; the Student Union, with its ideological crusades; even the Young Communist League, with its boyish delight in Klan mysticism, all are becoming inoculated with the habit of voluntary investigation, analysis, study--voluntary education...
Otherwise, Bette Davis, except in her scenes with Francis Bacon, ably acted by Donald Crisp, dominates the picture as singlehandedly as Elizabeth dominated England. For though slow-smiling, boyish Errol Flynn in a pair of seven-league boots will flutter more hearts than the Queen's, dramatically he leaves the impression that, in chopping off his head, Elizabeth is performing one of the more sensible acts of her reign...
...heels of Mr. Churchill's statement, a flash came from Germany that Lieutenant Commander Günther Prien and the boyish crew of his U-boat, safely back at Kiel, were congratulated by Grand Admiral Erich Raeder for smiting not only Royal Oak but also Repulse. A. Hitler sent his personal plane, Grenzmark, to fetch them to Berlin for an ovation in which Propaganda Minister Goebbels managed to share the spotlight...