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After the Haruna battle, with Pilot Quincannon mortally wounded, two motors damaged and the Mary Ann riddled like a Swiss cheese, her crew throws her bombsight into the sea and bails out. But Gunner Winocki hangs on, brings her home to a pancake landing. Almost a wreck, the Mary Ann...
Typical is the situation with ersatz motor fuel. Most of the synthetic gasoline made from coal, plus the conquered Rumanian oil, has been invested in the Caucasus campaign for more oil. Meanwhile wartime traffic limps on carbon monoxide made in portable charcoal burners (TIME, Sept. 7). Last week a new...
Bernanos is now 54, stoutish, heavy-shouldered, with a grey mustache and grey hair. He limps badly from an old motorcycle accident, walks with two canes and is happiest on horseback. So are his handsome, brilliant wife and six children -three sons and three daughters-all of whom now live...
Cast as Europe's ace ballerina (one Lina Varsavina), Loretta limps bravely through one dying-swan triumph after another. She neither looks, acts nor walks like a ballerina, but in sequences which permit her to be more or less herself she performs ably.
The final test is the physical examination which conforms substantially to Navy qualifications. Eyesight standards, however, are not as exacting, and minor defects, such as slight limps, are often excused.