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...biggest boat in the show was a 51-ft. Wheeler cruiser with twin 200-h.p. diesels, a complete electric galley, two showers, and staterooms for eight. It was sold for $88,000 to John Sparler of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., a paper executive. The flashiest boat was Century Boat Co.'s chrome-trimmed, 55-m.p.h. Coronado speedboat, with wrap-around windshield and a 285-h.p. Cadillac V-8 engine. Ten minutes after the doors opened, Radu Irimescu, onetime Rumanian Minister to the U.S., who now works for Floyd Odium's Atlas Corp., snapped it up for about...
From the moment he boarded the Air India Constellation at Geneva, Chou En-lai set out to charm the Indians. He smiled graciously at the air hostess and murmured "I am grateful" at the slightest mark of attention. He ostentatiously relished the galley's chicken curry and passed around autographs and packets of Chinese cigarettes. Just before the plane touched down at New Delhi's Palam airport, Chou handed the crew a written certificate: "Skillful pilotship and wonderful service. All this is worthy of being learned by Chinese airlines. I am grateful to the Indian government for sending...
When Fresnay, the script, and the photography are at their best, some splendid scenes result. A galley episode, in which the priest rushes down to relieve a fainting oarsman, provides the film's most exciting moment. The photography by Renoir, done almost over-zealously in the French style of realism, finds most of the 17th century poor either consumptive or deformed. This grimness underscores the need for a saint, but an occasional glimpse of healthier and happier peasants might have brightened the realism of a vividly performed script...
...assigned to guard his cargo of flour and tires were waiting to set sail in the harbor at Valona Athanassios turned up on board with a surprise-some rare white bread, cheese and good red wine. "From a cousin's wedding," he explained as he disappeared into the galley to prepare the feast...
...impossible to present any adequate summary of the findings without giving unnecessary offense to many in [our] large family of readers . . . For those who want it," the Bulletin added helpfully, "the book itself will be available next month." Slightly less timid, the Raleigh Times ran no story but offered galley proofs of the wire-service account to any readers who wanted them, gave away more than 900 by week...