Word: offbeaters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Senators, as many of the 435 Representatives as possible. "It is particularly important in the House," says McConaughy, "to know one top Democrat and one top Republican on each committee and one from each state delegation. That way you always have a place to begin, no matter how offbeat the story may be." It also provides a barometer of national thinking...
...Such offbeat opinions from an ordinary author would not be noticed in Vatican circles, at least for years, but Papini's eminence and identification with the Church were enough to draw down upon his book some sharp looks and wry faces. "Shocking and silly," said a Vatican spokesman. "We know little about Hell, but the little we know is precise because it was the Lord himself who told us. First, Hell exists. Second, there is 'unquenchable fire' (Mark 9: 42). Third, it is 'everlasting punishment' (Matthew...
...time someone has taken too great liberties . . . they have fallen flat on their face." ¶ The Command (Warner Bros.) features Guy Madison as a U.S. Army medical officer who takes command of a cavalry regiment in an emergency. Says Producer David Weisbart: "It's a kind of an offbeat thing. The doctor's approach in most of the picture is fairly intellectual rather than physical. Of course, at the end he turns out to be brave." ¶ River of No Return (20th Century-Fox) is a CinemaScopepic starring Marilyn Monroe, who 1) wears "Tailored Levis," 2) fights...
...brush in Vag's hand whipped over his glistening shoes in offbeat rhythm to the tune he was whistling. It was "Over There," with many martial trills and cadenzas. ". . .And we won't come back tum de tum tum over there," he finished with a satisfied flick of a shoe cloth...
...Just as offbeat, but with a U.S. setting, though it might be anywhere, is Oscar Tarcov's first novel, Bravo My Monster (Regnery). Tarcov is no Franz Kafka, his obvious master, but his symbol-laden story of a man imprisoned in his own home by a monster generates high tension...