Word: briefness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Hopeful. Arakelian took Avak to his Palm Springs mansion, "Dream of the Desert," once owned by Barbara Hutton. Avak paid a brief visit to his new patient, placed his hands on Vaughn Arakelian's shoulders and told him: "You are going to get well in a very short time." Then the young faith healer retired to the more modest home of one of Arakelian's neighbors. He walked in the yard, went for an auto ride through town, ate cheese, vegetables and bread. He could read no English, but he ruffled interestedly through stacks of mail and telegrams...
Last year the gong rang in some impressive film achievements. Two British films (Henry V and Brief Encounter) were voted among the year's best movies by Manhattan critics. Last week nine other Rank pictures (Odd Man Out, Stairway to Heaven, etc.) were holding down Manhattan cinemansions. And next week Rank's Great Expectations is scheduled to open in Manhattan's massive Radio City Music Hall-the movie world's equivalent of a White House reception for an immigrant...
...Hughes radar, like all others, sends out brief bursts of high-frequency radio waves both ahead of the plane and below it. When these echo back from the ground (or from the sea or buildings), a receiving apparatus measures the time the waves take to make the round trip. If any return quickly enough to indicate that an obstacle is within 2,000 ft. from the airplane, a bell rings and a bright light flashes in the cockpit. The pilot can then pull into a climb in time to avoid any "terrain" hidden in the overcast (see diagram...
...making a hobby into a successful career. With his sixth sportcast over Station KYW, Bob Allman was getting 100 fan letters a week and nibbles from would-be sponsors. His 15-minute program is much like dozens of other sport roundups all over the U.S. He gives a brief resume of the week's highlights and the day's scores, follows up with an "editorial" on some topic of the day (the Durocher case, Jackie Robinson, etc.) and an interview with a visiting athlete. There is one notable difference: Sportcaster Allman is blind...
Screen Guild Players (Mon. 10 p.m., CBS). Noel Coward's Brief Encounter, with Loretta Young and Herbert Marshall...