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Separate Tables (Clifton Productions; United Artists) is about as skillful a job as could possibly be done of turning a well-made play into a well-made movie...
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...Metchuen, N.J. 44 Beland, Richard J. '59 B 21 6.0 180 Claremont, N.H. 45 Vassalotti, Guy L. '59 B 21 5.9 195 Akron, Ohio 46 Cirone, Roger F. '61 B 20 6.1 165 N. Adams, Mass. 48 Seijas, Robert W. '60 B 19 5.10 170 Clifton, N.J. 50 Packer, William J. '61 C 19 5.10 185 Pawtucket, R.I. 53 Hansen, John P. '59 C 20 6.1 180 Brightwaters, N.Y. 55 Warburton, Don '59 C 21 6.0 205 Pawtucket, R.I. 56 Hackett, Bruce '61 C 20 5.11 200 Easton, Pa. 57 Dillon, M. John '60 C 20 5.10 190 Torrington, Conn...
...coping with this Japanese maneuver, the U.S. Third and Seventh Fleets. Admirals Halsey and Kinkaid commanding, left the five-day-old Leyte beachhead perilously unguarded. Rear Admiral Clifton "Ziggy" Sprague's light task force of baby flattops with a destroyer screen was cruelly trapped by a surprise attack from San Bernardino Strait. On the question of who was to blame hinges the Leyte Gulf controversy that has sputtered ever since. Nearly all of Historian Morison's evidence in this book supports the notion that "Bull"' Halsey was the most blameworthy; he fell for and chased the decoy...
...profundity of Rebecca (Meaning of Treason) West, the stylistic graces of Negley (Way of a Transgressor) Farson, John (Hiroshima) Hersey or Vincent (Personal History) Sheean. Yet none matches him for sheer scope, reportorial zest, or, most notably, the gift of popularizing remote places and difficult subjects. Says Critic Clifton Fadiman: "Gunther is a born teacher; he doesn't miss a fact-trick. His books are almost too easy to read; because of that, they seem superficial. But he's taught us a hell of a lot about our world, in primer terms. He's drawn the maps...