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...exhibition of jumping, both horizontal and vertical, ever seen on an indoor track. First, Olympic Champion Don Bragg, in top form, vaulted 15 ft. 7 in., barely missed becoming the first man in history to clear 16 ft.-when his hand brushed the crossbar on the way down. Then gaunt, sinewy Ralph Boston, legs wildly pumping, leaped 26 ft. 1¾ in. to better his own world indoor broad jump record by an astonishing...
William Averell Harriman, 69. Ambassador at Large. Gaunt, grey Fair Dealer Harriman, ex-Governor of New York and twice a losing candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, has had more than his share of diplomatic experience. An F.D.R. favorite, Millionaire Harriman undertook special Presidential wartime missions to London and Moscow, later served three useful years (1943-46) as Ambassador to Russia. Harry Truman assigned him briefly to the Court of St. James's, later gave him a variety of international chores: Economic Cooperation Administrator in Europe with the rank of ambassador, Director of the Mutual Security Agency. Last fall...
Make Mine Mink (Rank; Continental). Terry-Thomas is a minor British comedian with a mouth like a disappointed mail slot, gaunt but somehow flaccid cheeks, cavernous eye sockets containing soggy blue objects that look as if they had sat all night in a glass of water, self-energizing mustaches, and a gap between his two front teeth that has earned him a reputation in English restaurants as a man who can eat peas with his teeth clenched. He has mastered the wax-fruity manner of the pushy little pip-pipsqueak, up from dreary digs, who would dearly love...
Like Prisons. The drawbacks to life in this dynamic workers' paradise are many. The apartment houses exist amid shacks, slums and vacant lots that still make up most of the city and never appear in the propaganda. Gaunt and suspiciously prisonlike on the outside, the barracks-like apartment blocks have mess halls and community toilets but neither heat nor running water in the apartments themselves. But by rigid regimentation and the help of technicians from Eastern Europe, Communist North Korea has made impressive economic progress of a sort. Ninety-five percent of the peasants are herded into Soviet-style communes...
...Make Love. A trumped-up plot to bring Marilyn Monroe and France's rugged, gaunt-faced, charming Yves Montand together takes the long way around to Marilyn's arms, since Montand is an unlikely billionaire who wants to be loved for himself alone. The game is forced...