Word: failed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...lights, draw revolvers, and shoot it out. Dusan Simovitch, who passed this test of courage with flying colors, must have felt in much the same position last week. Now he hoped- as did the Greeks and British to the east-to prove that the point at which Blitzkrieg can fail in mountainous country is the second phase: consolidation...
...screwball wit of S. J. Perelman strangely enough fails to make this wacky plot rock his audience back on their seats with the clanky shock of his offstage writings. The play's isolated episodes, bald-faced gags, screwy curtains are sometimes hilarious, but they fail to bind together into effective farce...
Moving up North, let it be known that "Virginia" is not one of the best pictures of the year. It lacks any action at all and the acting is in the same category. The team of McMurray and Carrol fail to hit any high spots. There is one good actor who does make a bid for fame but the director kills him off before this darkly has a chance to make a real impression...
...State regulation of insurance companies should be tightened up through larger and better staffs, stricter laws (with Federal control perhaps necessary if the States fail...
...Roosevelt: "We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools, and we will finish...