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...Diem, a shapely Annamite who used to be a Communist agent, married a French colonial official and, before the book is over, earns herself one of the hottest spots in the Buddhist hell by committing adultery with yet another Frenchman. Along the way, she also has a brief, involuntary fling with a brutish Communist guerrilla commandant...
...long as Damon Sr. stayed at home, the house rule was: "Don't upset Father." The children were warned away until Runyon had gone through the groans and mutters of the painful rising at noon. He would then fling open his bedroom door and announce: "I'm up!" Runyon's education of his son consisted in handing down first principles of conduct, e.g., "Never give a sucker an even break," "All horse players die broke," "How to live with women: Don't." On turning away from the dice table at Saratoga, where he had dropped...
...just how far its educational benefits have spread. Total number of veterans who have received some sort of training on campus, job or farm: more than 8,000,000. Cost: $15.3 billion. ¶ Though it already admits Negroes to its graduate schools, the University of Maryland decided to fling its gates wide. Henceforth, said the regents in a unanimous decision, the university will take in Negro undergraduates as well...
Demetrius and the Gladiators (20th Century-Fox), a sequel to The Robe, is an energetic attempt to fling the mantle of sanctity over several more millions of the entertainment dollar. It offers a number of The Robe's sets, at least two of the same scenes, and three of the same stars -Jay Robinson, who plays the Emperor Caligula with a heavy sneer; Michael Rennie, who portrays Peter as a sort of apostolic Anthony Eden; and Victor Mature, a bulky fellow who helps in filling the huge CinemaScope screen...
...Walt Disney's highland fling through an old Scots story; with Richard Todd, Glynis Johns (TIME...