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...Frogmen (20th Century-Fox), is a late addition to Hollywood's muster roll of World War II movies, but it turns out to be one of the most absorbing of the lot. The picture turns the trick in spite of a battleworn plot about a tough-minded commander (Richard Widmark), whose overzealous sense of duty alienates his men (Dana Andrews et al.) until the crisis of battle finally brings them together. Its secret weapon: the work of the Navy's underwater demolition teams, the swimmers who spearheaded U.S. amphibious invasions from Sicily to Okinawa...
...determined opposition, led by onetime cabinet Minister Thakin Ba Sein did what it could to muster votes. But it seemed certain that Premier Thakin Nu and his candidates would win. Said one local pundit: "The government has many defects and some fellows in it are darned mischievous, but what about opposition? Their history sheets don't give good accounts of them, so we will choose the lesser evil...
...system is aimed at essay writers who throw in all the information they can muster in the hope that some of it may be right. McKay hazarded the guess that if his plan proves successful it may soon become the rule in other courses as well...
...critics gave every sign of wanting to welcome Barbara home with loud huzzas when she came back to Broadway last fall in John Steinbeck's gauntly Saroyanesque play, Burning Bright. But in the face of Steinbeck's dreary obscurities, the best most of them could muster was a cordial hello. Last month, when Barbara at last rode into town on a good play, the huzzas were unanimous...
...qualify, a student must be in the top third of his high-school senior class, take an aptitude test, then pass muster before a board of nine college deans and presidents (among them: Barnard's Dean Millicent Mclntosh, M.I.T.'s President James R. Killian Jr., North Carolina's President Gordon Gray). As for which of the private colleges will get the benefit of the new fund, Henry Ford had no idea: that is a matter that the students will decide for themselves...