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Most impressive scene: the climactic sequence as the ship strikes a submerged iceberg, and approximately two hours later sinks ponderously into a calm, moonlit, icy sea, while those left on the doomed vessel sing Nearer My God to Thee...
...Billy Budd, the general might have come to life on a battlefield removed from his world of the pentagon. In this setting, he too often cramps the other, more real characters, who seem straining to become human. A state department official, another general, a newspaper reporter--these characters are nearer our reality, although all of them are just a bit too good. even their mistakes occurred because they were always doing what they thought was right...
...your wife, or by a neighbor, in what time he can spare from his own farming, or to your aged parents. My father and mother are running my farm for me. Each time I go back, I can see they've got a little nearer the edge. They're going round the bend, under the strain of listening to every night noise, watching every black face. I bought them a radio." The farmer laughed derisively. "They don't dare to switch it on any longer! It might drown the other sort of noises they're always...
...before the Constitutional Laws Committee, the bill must pass from there to the Rules Committee, and then to the Senate floor. A hearing before the Constitutional Committee, and another in open forum have pushed Senate Bill 1820 no nearer Rules. Once there it will meet stiff opposition, for, in the past, Rules has served as a gigantic circular file for anti-subversive legislation. Although its chance of passing is unpredictable, there is no doubt about its effects...
...Germans, who insist they will never attack anyway. As the Administration has linked America's fate with that of Europe, this French guarantee would entail no major change of policy. By taking this step Dulles could save EDC from months of internal wrangling and place European rearmament one step nearer completion...