Word: closers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Council efficiency came one step closer last Fall, when the group streamlined what was once an amazingly tangled network of committees, sub-committees, etc. Now the Council must eliminate more of the kinks, and see if it can't boost its batting average...
Director Zinneman first builds strong sympathy for Heflin as a prosperous, affectionate husband and father who works hard in postwar days to get housing for his fellow veterans. Then he takes a closer look at Ryan, the would-be killer. The picture's real shocker is that the audience has little choice between hunter and hunted. The edge, if any, belongs to the hunter. Plainly, Veteran Heflin can never live down the one fateful, irretrievable act that even stands between him and his wife (Janet Leigh). But Ryan has a chance to make a life for himself if only...
...right with such backers of federal aid as the National Education Association, which lobbies for hundreds of thousands of schools-teachers. And the colleges will probably be content to wait, figuring that if the grade and high schools get it first, higher education will only he that much closer. The important object this year, all federal-aiders maintain, is to get a permanent program started, and that is just what Democratic leaders are contemplating. David E. Lilionthal...
...Varsity meeting with Cornell before a sizable crowd. The Puritans, sparked by center Ted Nelson, the tallest man in intramural basketball, jumped away to an early lead, which they maintained until the last ten minutes. The Lowell woke up. Snappy fast breaks, a Bellboy specialty, brought them closer and closer, and finally they went ahead on the layups and drive-ins of Goldie Goldsmith. It was the fourth straight win for Lowell, the second which they had to come from behind to win, and the third loss in four games for Winthrop...
...Paisan" has no plot, but this adds to the film rather than harming it. The movie is composed of six entirely unrelated episodes with the common background of war; specifically, the war in Italy. Each episode lights up one side of the conflict, giving the observer a closer glimpse into the effect of total war on ordinary, inconspicuous persons. Of the six episodes, two stand out so forcefully that they grip you, make you feel the awful futility...