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...season began, tricky Michigan and powerhouse Notre Dame (which has still to play its first game) looked like the teams to watch in 1947. Notre Dame had its veteran quarterback, Johnny Lujack, and a Texas-born Irishman, Coy McGee; Michigan had Bob Chappuis (rhymes with happy us), who is the best passer, says cautious Coach Crisler, he has seen in 16 years...
...Pipit, are not quite equal to their idea; and Mr. Miles, who is too young to play the colonel, is not quite up to his role. Now & then the picture, probably the most intensely insular movie the British have yet exported to the U.S., becomes too clumsy or too coy; from beginning to end it is as genteel as rectory crumpets. And though none of the classical Village Types is revealed on the level of high comedy, the picture has considerable charm and humor...
...This coy summons in English appears on a big poster in the lobby of the Hotel Condestable in brown old Burgos. Similar appeals from a dollar-hungry Government can be seen in most of the world's tourist offices. Whether you will find what they promise depends on your definition...
...Coy Game. Russia's Gromyko played a coy game. First he roused Arab hopes by voting for immediate decision of the Palestine question. Then he disappointed them by plugging to give the Jewish Agency a voice in full Assembly proceedings. But in Russian Assembly maneuvers and recent publications supporting Arab hopes, one object was apparent: to get the British out of Palestine (and the Middle East) as soon as possible...
...also played coy. First it heartened Zionists by opposing full discussion of the Palestine case this session. Then it disappointed them by voting against admission of the Jewish Agency to the Assembly floor...