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...heart attack. Sportsman Grey kept a swivel, deep-sea fishing chair on the upstairs porch of his Altadena, Calif, home. His daily practice with a weighted rod proved too great a strain on his heart...
...could easily be caused by whales or schools of fish. But far more baffling were the cases in which a different sound impulse was recorded. This, it seemed, might be the enemy's own detection device at work. Many a crew was called to battle stations ready for deep-sea combat, only to learn that the signals had been lost. It was most confusing...
Nobody in The Bribe seems to be having much fun at it except Laughton, who appears to relish his juicy cut of ham. There is a brilliant display of fiesta fireworks and a convincingly real sequence of deep-sea fishing (Taylor v. a handsome spiked marlin). For those who enjoy Laughton, fireworks, or big-game fishing, The Bribe may be worth a look...
Jewish traditions of peace and democracy run deep, but the Israelis had been transferred so quickly from the depths of Europe to the heights of superiority in the Middle East that they could not escape the political equivalent of deep-sea divers' bends. The new blood of nationalism ran fast and hot in Israel; sometimes it seemed to be gushing out on the ground. Pleading for more understanding and tolerance of Israel, one sympathetic observer warned: "This could become an ugly little Spartan state...
...qualify for a bounty, a fisherman or fisherwoman must fish three months a year, catch 2,500 Ibs. of deep-sea fish and use a boat with at least a twelve-foot keel. The money is interest on Canada's share of the $5,500,000 the U.S. paid after the 1871 Treaty of Washington for rights to fish in British waters...