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Bathrooms account for much of the water demand, each flush of a water closet requiring eight gallons of water. Van Dorp suggested that his findings might be used as a swift and foolproof system (dubbed Teleflush by the irreverent) of rating TV programs. To no one's surprise, Van Dorp's system reveals (see chart) that Toledo's favorite is the same as the rest of the nation's: I Love Lucy...
Mosler's biggest problem is that he can't design a foolproof owner. Many a safe-owner picks a combination based on his address or birth date because it is easy to remember. But smart crooks, says Mosler, look up such information as a matter of simple routine in casing a job. Though harder to remember, the safest combination is a meaningless...
Kansas City Confidential (Edward Small; United Artists) combines a "perfect crime" plot with some fair-to-middling moviemaking. An ex-cop (Preston Foster), having engineered what appears to be a foolproof million-dollar bank robbery in Kansas City, takes off for Guatemala with the loot. In the sleepy Central American town, things seem to be even busier than in Kansas City. Foster must cope not only with his accomplices, but also with an ex-con (John Payne) who has been roughed up by the police as a suspect, and who has taken it upon himself to run down the real...
With delegate shifts bound to occur almost daily from now on, such calculations are far from foolproof. But they illustrate how an Eisenhower victory can be achieved despite Taft's control of the convention machinery. They also show why the battle over the contested delegations, particularly the Texas 38, is so bitter. The votes that mean victory may well come from the contested seats...
...past performances reveal, it is not foolproof. It is demanding on the actors because in the course of the play both the Reverend James Morell and the poet, Marchbanks, must change attitudes: in the case of Morell, from a self-sufficient windbag to an insecure dependent: in the case of Marchbanks, from a weak dreamer to a noble realist...