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...Montgomery Ward's rugged individualist president, Sewell Lee Avery, "maintenance of membership" (which provides that union members must resign from a union within 15 days, or remain members for the duration of a contract) is just the closed shop in sheep's clothing; nor does Mr. Avery see why the "deal" between WLB and the unions should necessarily be regarded as the law of the land...
...Democrat with a rugged individualist's distrust of the New Deal: he opposed the Third Term as a delegate to the 1940 Chicago convention, became a rabid Democrat-for-Willkie, was drafted by the Republicans this year when their original candidate died. Says Individualist Moore: "I consider money a tool with which to work. It's a responsibility and I've used it to give employment to thousands of men. ... I want to use my money in my own business to help build my country. That's my religion...
...most of the comedy radiates from Jane, hopelessly dimwitted, who every time she opens her mouth puts her foot in the microphone. Her nitwitticisms are mostly malaprops: "He's a ragged individualist." . . . "Time wounds all heels." . . . "We're insufferable friends." . . . "Familiarity breeds attempt...
...home," Stokowski shouted at the rugged individualist. The tank corps listened politely to the rest of the program...
...story, part pulp dramatics, part pure action, is that hardy perennial about the squadron commander (John Wayne); his friend, the nurse (Anna Lee); the rookie who gets killed (William Shirley); the oldtimer who gets grounded (Paul Kelly); the drunk who is given Another Chance (Edmund MacDonald); the show-off individualist (John Carroll) who learns, at last, what the fight is about, but not until he has played hob with the squadron's morale, materiel and lifeblood. This simple stereotype proves adequate to convey some of the true power and meaning of simple men doing a life-&-death job together...