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...some bigheaded, bandy-legged, ivy-green men from Mars with a secret weapon and a gripe against Marxists took over Earth, wiped out all the Communists and went home, how would things be? Much better, no doubt. But last week's news brought wholesome reminders that even if Communism were erased, old Earth would still have plenty of troubles...
...that score, moviegoers of all sorts and ages have the right to an honest gripe: movies about India might do well to be more faithful to history. The truth about the British raj* might make hearts pound -and turnstiles whir-far faster than they do at the conventional buncombe under the banyans...
...gripe is often legitimate. In six years, the U.S. shipped $254 million worth of machine tools to Europe. But European imports died down after Europe's machine-tool output soared from $481 million in 1948 to $778 million (in 1948 dollars) last year. Imports of machine tools into the U.S., less than $1,000,000 a year before the war, were $5,900,000 in the first quarter of 1954 alone. Exports, meanwhile, have dwindled from a prewar average of 32% of total output to a scant 6%. Electrical equipment makers complain that overseas manufacturers, many of them helped...
...have to pull K.P. and extra guard? The corporal's rude, the sergeant impolite? The captain will not let you out at night? They will not let you have a private phone? It's clear, my boy, you don't know Mr. Cohn. You have a gripe? Don't tell the chaplain, son. You'll have to carry that big heavy gun, You'll have to march and even stand in line, Unless you know a certain Private Schine Who knows a man called Cohn who knows a man (I think the name...
...reference to your excellent armed forces article [Oct. 5], may I add another gripe...