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...flight, he doubled back toward the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Bibb, which" was on station as a weather ship about 900 miles northeast of Newfoundland. He found her, with fuel to spare. But as the plane settled lower, the tense and silent passengers saw a fearsome sight. The gale-driven waves were rolling 35 feet high and 100 feet from crest to foaming crest...
Still, by major hurricane standards Florida's mowing was merciful. Several babies were born safely while things were at their worst, and some got souvenir names-e.g., Glory Be and Merry Gale...
...when the income-tax law was going to be simplified, he said: "You know the income tax law is really very simple for most people. You just fill out a form, turn it over to check what your income is and that's the end of it. ..." A gale of laughter halted him, startled him, and then obviously delighted...
...skeptical U.S. radiomen, BBC's Transcription Director Thomas P. Gale had a ready comment on casual British timing: ". . . If the sieve we use for selecting broadcast material leaves works like these on the wrong side, then I think we should change our mesh...
...Christmas Eve gathering that they refrain from reporting the intruders, move the action into the realm of fantasy. By this lapse and by over emphasizing some rather obvious developments, IHOFA lessens its effectiveness. The use of phony emotionalism is unnecessary as the plot is a natural. Don DeFore and Gale Storm provide the young love ingredient. But the real weight of the picture rests with Moore and secondarily with Charlie Ruggles, the unwitting host. Ruggles, under the impression that his daughter is an unwed mother, unloads a stream of double entendres that provide the picture's only belly-laughs...