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...fundamental values and virtues of every monastic order in the world." The Arrogant Americans. In the black post-War I years, Hauser learned to hate both the ineffectual democracy of the Weimar Republic and the luxury-ridden democracy of the U.S. Like many un employed Germans, he lived in flop houses, sought rest and warmth in movie houses...
...Some Churchillian epithets: "Whipped jackal . . . tattered lackey . . . merest utensil . . . Italian flop." * No kin to the fame Strong Boy of Boston
...often the movie makers fail to leave well enough alone. One of their favorite tricks is to buy up a good novel-at a fancy price-and with the aid of bad acting, poor casting, and insipid directing, turn out a sixth rate flop. Happily, "The Song of Bernadette" seems to be a sign of better times...
...just possible that G.I. Bundenthal proved to be a flop with the British girls, French girls, and others, but was welcomed with open arms by the sexy German girls, who are taught to make a fuss over anything in pants...
...discernible, immediate effect on Japan last week was concerned, the Potsdam offer of surrender terms (TIME, Aug. 6) was a flop. The Suzuki Cabinet had specifically rejected the terms. Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura, the dry old man who was talking peace in Washington on Pearl Harbor day, called the terms "the height of impertinence." The controlled Japanese press and radio played them up as though they were good for home morale. An "extremely indignant" civilian letter-writer to a Japanese newspaper denounced the Potsdam declaration for "scheming to alienate the military and civilians." Said he: "The war's responsibility rests...