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...arrange the details of the deal, the three little pigs import a big bad wolf-a famous funny-moneyman known as Le Dab (Jean Gabin). They offer the aged but by no means senile counterfeiter a quarter share in the enterprise. "Two million dollars. Split it four ways and what have you got?" the brothelkeeper purrs. "Twenty years," Le Dab snorts, and demands half the loot. Slyly the three little pigs pretend to give in, but secretly they plan to eat high on the wolf before the deal is done. Or will the wolf make a meal of singed pork...
...Ingmar Bergman will have to wait for The Virgin Spring if it's the artistic manipulation of a new and different situation they're after. For Dreams sheds little light on the already thoroughly essayed subject of mis-matched lovers. Marred by disturbing patches of unmitigated boredom, this Bergman import lacks the sparkle of either Smiles of a Summer Night or A Lesson in Love...
...supplemented his lieutenant's pay with some off-duty wheeling and dealing that enabled him to drive a Cadillac. After discharge, Lieut. Bilko decided to stay in the Philippines, where the living was easy. He made a nest egg selling Christmas cards, soon graduated to army surplus. When import restrictions went up on U.S. cigarettes, Stonehill began growing Virginia tobacco in the hills, became the Philippines' biggest cigarette baron. His own brand: Puppies...
...Figures. By Washington's reckoning the aid figures are impressive−$866 million pumped into Latin America thus far, another $234 million earmarked. But the totals can be misleading. The U.S. has been sending aid to Latin America for years through a bevy of Government agencies: the Export-Import Bank, the Development Loan Fund, Point Four, and others. Lumped together, as they now are under the Alliance, these bits and pieces amounted to an average of $504 million each year in 1959 and 1960. The $866 million total for the Alliance, when spread over 17 months, does not represent...
...Robinson, who has had difficulty lasting one round, "and I say, 'Don't tell me until after I've eaten. I want to enjoy my breakfast.' " Onetime Welterweight Champion Barney Ross watched Liston deck another sparring partner five times, wryly suggested that Trainer Reddish import zombies from darkest Africa. "Where else are you going to find training partners? He's the kind that knocks you on the chin and breaks your ankle. He'll knock out Patterson in five rounds...