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...screen as in the novel by Evan Hunter, Blackboard Jungle suffers seriously from the vices of professional indignation, special pleading and general rostrumism. Sometimes it seems to raise false eyebrows and to grit false teeth. The resolution of the plot is so facile as to appear insincere. But the picture also has the virtues of its vices: social conscience, honest anger and a narrow but vital kindliness...
...Finally found it on my last trip to Chicago. Some allowances you may have to make, but for 1933, don't you think the sound is spacious and resonant, eh?' Of course, Crane had actually found the disk in the attic . . . and had then rubbed dust and grit into the grooves in the manner of a furniture dealer 'antiquing' or liming oak." The noveau hi-fi was suitably impressed, now has "a large collection of bad-sounding rarities...
...Grit & Tact. By sheer grit, Catlin, burdened with painting materials, made his way among no less than 48 tribes in the space of seven years. By instinctive tact, he gained the hospitality of the Indians and overcame their superstitious fears of his brush and canvas. He came back with a priceless historical and artistic record consisting of some 500 pictures, and a lively respect for his Indian friends. Wrote Catlin in his journal: "An Indian is a beggar in Washington City, and a white man is almost equally so in the Mandan village. An Indian in Washington is mute...
...best all-around athlete. When she was a freckled, scrawny 13, she put in a solid three months' practice on her diving to capture the championship of Laurel Beach (Conn.) from a far shapelier 18-year-old. Said Mary Jane: "They gave the cup to Ros for grit, not form." Learning the raptures of hard work, she plugged away at toe dancing until, after one long session, she could cry dramatically: "Look! My toes are bleeding...
...feels the waves in surprising ways. If he holds out his hand, his fingers get painfully hot whenever they touch one another. If he partially opens his mouth, his nasal cavities may resonate like organ pipes. Sometimes his lower jaw vibrates so strongly that he has to grit his teeth to quiet it down. His ears get hot as they ride the waves; his nostrils get hot too. He may see only vague blurs as his eyeballs dance, and individual muscles resonate like plucked guitar strings...