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...lives of the hero and heroine, the story has some of the horrible fascination of the old Saw Situation of silent days. One of Big Tom's evil associates (Jay Robinson), a sort of Ivy League Peter Lorre, picks up a rich girl (Carol Ohmart) and her naval escort (Arthur Franz) in a fancy bar and offers to take them slumming where the piano is progressive. Big Tom is there, and he dances with the girl in a forward way. "That's how I operate." he murmurs, breathing hard, "two times normal and twice as fast." They...
...Teach Yuh." The town election last week offered a test of the segregationists' strength; they backed candidates for mayor and three aldermanic posts against men who were willing to accept integration. The Rev. Paul Turner offered another test; he announced that on election day he would escort Negro children from their homes to Clinton high school. Even as Clinton's voters were moving to the polls, Paul Turner walked slowly up Foley's Hill, where he was met half way by six Negro boys and girls...
...fans alike began to let loose some of the bad temper induced by the Soviet repression of Hungary. The Russians' popularity seemed to diminish as rapidly as their score rose. They were booed so lustily when they took their turn on the fencing mats that police had to escort them through the threatening crowds...
...sentimentality. Rocko ran his nose along her forehead, savoring the fragrance of her clean blond hair, watching the darkness of the Briggs Hall veranda. It was only then that he noticed another couple, embracing. The girl seemed to be resisting, and as she turned her head away from her escort, Rocko heard her speak: "Oh don't, Hubert. Please, Hubert. Don't ruin it." Rocko noticed that the boy wore ratty clothes, and his trousers were too short. His socks were disappearing into his torn sneakers...
...British ship in troops and Dinamaula is flown to exile in England. His escort on that melancholy trip is a young British war hero just starting out in the colonial service. As the flight begins, the two young men hate each other, but before they land at London in a blaze of press notoriety, there is something of friendship between the two. The young Briton confides that he is about to be married. "A white girl?" cracks Dinamaula. Both laugh, and in their laughter Author Monsarrat hears hope for the future...