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Drivin' Woman reads like an inspired high-school prize composition packed with cinematic moments. It revolves about a character who may turn out to be the most satisfying heroine since Scarlett O'Hara. America Moncure catches the womanly public coming & going: she is at once a Jezebel, a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Books, Aug. 3, 1942 | 8/3/1942 | See Source »

"The Remarkable Andrew" is far from trite, but equally dull. Its rather weird plot concerns the plight of Andrew Long, a strait-laced city employee who is framed by crooked politicians. With the unseen help of the ghost of his namesake Andy Jackson (not to mention the spirits of Washington...

Author: By J. A. F., | Title: MOVIEGOER | 7/6/1942 | See Source »

But last year Fate brought Greece worse enemies than kings. The Goat knew they might even swarm over the sea to Crete, where weary-faced Greek and British soldiers were trying frantically to prepare for them. The Goat knew, too who the Man was that the English brought one night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRETE: The Goat | 6/22/1942 | See Source »

Starting at Home. The Judge has added to his store of knowledge about human nature in these three years. He watched witnesses squirm before him, torn by loyalty to crooked friends, by the desire to save their own hides. He noticed a queer phenomenon: some turned wringing wet with sweat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Judiciary: One-Man Law Wave | 6/1/1942 | See Source »

This time Basil was ruthless. He got into the Ministry of Information and offered to betray "some very dangerous Communists" he knew, such as "the woman Green." Crooked Colonel Plum made him a second lieutenant ("There's a lot to be said for a uniform . ... best possible disguise for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Great Bore War | 5/25/1942 | See Source »

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