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...overseas. Actually a maximum of $35,000 can still be clear, but that's all. Holden will probably stick by his loyalty to Switzerland anyway. Where else could he have George Sanders, Gregory Peck, Charlie Chaplin, Yul Brynner. Mel Ferrer, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Stewart Granger, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Ustinov, Noel Coward, David Niven, Jack Palance and James Mason for approximate neighbors...
...latest movie she shimmies through one sequence in a blonde wig, a few tassels, enough feathers for a sparrow's spring plumage, and not much else. Even so, Italy's Gina Lollobrigida was shocked when Hollywood's new Wax Museum unveiled a reclining likeness of her in a black slip hiked up somewhere between navel and knees. "Please, Sig-nori" pleaded La Lollo, "the short slip shows too much Gina." The museum's directors were sympathetic, but they wouldn't dream of tampering with a work of art. The patrons seem to appreciate it, they...
...what the Spaniards call "much woman" and the French "une femme plantureuse." Italians once called Gina Lollobrigida "La Gina Nazionale." They now call Sophia Loren "La Sophia Seducènte." They prefer the seductress. Gina was, in their curious view, too refined. Sophia, they say, is a woman of the people, their dònna popolana...
Northrop is already planning other applications for VIPS-submarines, missile countdowns, fire warnings in public buildings. But Gina belongs to the Air Force. Said one SAC pilot last week: "That dame has plenty of oomph in hervoice...
Plenty of Oomph. Northrop had little trouble selling VIPS to the Air Force. On a test flight in Texas, the system worked perfectly; its calm voice gave prompt warning of many simulated hazards. Then the pilot, Major H. T. Deutschendorf, started his landing approach. Gina spoke once more, warning that his airplane's alternator was out and that fuel pressure was low on the port side. The major had had enough tests for the day. "Shut the damned thing off," he shouted to his crew. A crew member replied that no more hazards had been simulated. Suddenly the major...