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...ship when the damage was done, and the admirals first suspected an organized campaign to "lower the navy's efficiency" (which implies Communist sabotage). It discovered, however, that some of the acts had been committed by disgruntled young sailors fed up with crowded quarters and with life aboard modem warships...
...modem aircraft climb toward the stratosphere, oxygen masks and pressurized cabins become a necessity. The trouble is that now & then something goes wrong with the man-made atmosphere. And one of the first symptoms of hypoxia (insufficient oxygen)* is a giddy self-assurance, a fine feeling that all's right with the world. Many unexplained crack-ups may have been caused by pilots in euphoria, blissfully unaware that their skill and judgment were failing with their failing oxygen...
...Technicolored pastiche of symbolism, the supernatural and old romantic claptrap. Filmed picturesquely in Spain by Coproducer-Scripter-Director Albert Lewin, the movie begins by pairing a modem Pandora (Ava Gardner) with the legendary Dutchman himself (James Mason). From there it goes on to bullfighting, reincarnation, suicide, auto-racing, murder, archaeology, an insistent verse by Omar Khayyam and a couple of interacting love triangles...
...bearded Frenchmen, Paul Cézanne and Auguste Rodin, swung wide the gates of modern art. What Cézanne's deep, crusty researches into the shapes of landscape did for modem painting, Rodin's passionate punching, kneading, twisting, squeezing and stretching of the human figure did for modern sculpture. Last week a Manhattan gallery honored the pioneer sculptor with a show of small works by him and 27 moderns, "The Heritage of Auguste Rodin...
...smart legal seamanship, Stanley Dollar will get a line with 18 modem vessels and more than $61,757,716 in gross assets, compared to $27,560,835 at the end of 1938. Jubilant Stanley Dollar was more than willing to take over. If a new Government appeal does not prevent return of the stock, he hopes to call a meeting within a week or so and elect a new president. The chances are good that Dollar, even though he is 70, will be the new boss, and that his famed white dollar sign will go back on the stacks. Said...