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...descent, 100 yard dash, 100 yard obstacle course--"The Guadalcanal Special,"--and lastly, a 3.7 mile cross-country jaunt along the river bank. The "Special," feature of this endurance test, is a straight sprint over walls, ditches, and sandtraps, a submarine dive, and finally zig-zagging through a maze of sandtraps and runways...
...Navy made no attempt at a quick settlement of Brewster's tangled finances (the maze of conflicting claims between the Navy and Brewster total upwards of $20,000,000). Although he had left the company in the nick of time, ex-Boss Kaiser deplored the Navy's action of throwing 10,000 men out of work on three days' notice. With a look at Congress, which is making slow progress in passing a bill covering contract terminations, he warned: "This is a situation which many companies will face...
England, worried about the threat of Spanish sea power, swooped down one summer morning and destroyed half the Spanish fleet. To his consternation, Alberoni found himself faced by half the armies of Europe. "When shall I be able to get out of this maze?" he cried...
Perhaps you have seen his paintings. It might be his poetry that you recall having read or having had read to you, as is his wont. And then again, it might be that you have sat in on one of his lectures, half asleep from the maze of electronic symbols on the blackboard but at the same time awake to the rhythm of his accented voice, rich with its Russian overtones. No matter what the contact might have been, however, one thing is certain. If you have once met Pietr Matvayevich Bulieba you will not easily forget...
Once again Hollywood has dived into the beehive maze of wartime Washington and come up with a topnotch comedy vehicle. There have been several pictures which used the same background, some of which were very, very good and some of which were horrid. "Standing Room Only" definitely rates with the former class...