Word: martines
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With bated breath and crossed fingers, the Navy has been watching the flight tests of the Martin XP6M-1 SeaMaster, the world's first multi-jet sea bomber. This week it authorized Glenn L. Martin Co. to say that it considers the SeaMaster "unusually promising." Behind the development of the SeaMaster is a vigorous bid by the Navy to capture an important chunk of the military flying business...
...worry about can sit on the water as snug as a duck. It needs no landing gear, and this considerable weight-saving permits the hull to be strengthened for rough-water landings. Independent of prepared airstrips, it can make a very long run before taking to the air. Martin believes that this advantage will permit it to carry bigger loads than land-based airplanes of similar size...
Jayne Mansfield and Martin Gabel as the star and the infernal agent do well enough with their parts, which offer nothing more than opportunities for fairly clever characterization. But Orson Bean, the youthful bargainer for success, is unable even to meet the demands of his role except at moments when startled exclamations and muggins are called for. Others in the cast are equal to their sorry assignments, but nothing more...
...they wanted to stay in the race. Slowly they pecked away at the lead. They scored one run in the third, another in the fifth, two in the seventh. Casey began to worry about those lost chances. He juggled his line-up like a man possessed. Now Martin was out with a torn fingernail; Berra was gone with an upset stomach, and Charley Silvera was back of the plate. Starting the ninth, the Yanks were only two thin runs in front...
...gambling regular clients that are the shock absorbers in the older places. In one new hotel there were so many bosses that some were unknown to each other. The new hotels were also overstaffed, and could not get the all-important entertainers-Danny Thomas, Jimmy Durante, Joe E. Lewis, Martin & Lewis, Tony Martin, et al.-that brought in the suckers; the stars were already sewed up in three-year deals by the established hotels...