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...Hara's new novel, The Farmers Hotel, is news for two reasons: 1) at 46, he has arrived at an almost Saroyanesque love of kindness, hatred of cruelty and stupidity; 2) this is his poorest novel...
Emir Abdullah, meanwhile, worked hard to transform Jordan, an ungainly, rocky patch of land, into a kingdom. For two years he lived in a tent. On the tent site at Amman Abdullah later built his palace. He ruled as an absolute monarch, but the poorest Bedouin could come to plead with him at any time. He once spent a whole day personally tracking down a rascal who had made a poor woman pregnant...
...Chou spent much of his time in Chungking, China's wartime capital, smoothly persuading China's U.S. allies (particularly the newsmen at the Press Hostel) of the Communists' good intentions. In Washington last week, General Wedemeyer remembered Chou as a "charming individual." Chou lived in the poorest section of the city in a house with a dirt floor and rude peasant furniture. His manner was all modesty and humility. Later in Nanking, his blandishments worked well enough to convince General Marshall, who spoke of "friendship and personal esteem" for Chou, that "there is a definite liberal group...
...settings and costumes are highly spectacular and yet are generally in perfect sympathy with the meanings of the film. At times Heckroth's display becomes a bit overwhelming, and his taste a little maudlin. Such is the case in the third act, which in other respects is also the poorest sequence. But as a contrast, the second act is a superb blending of decor, music, and dance...
...extra weight and they're soft. And that Bear line is big and rough." Michigan's coach had reason to fret over his team's season record, too. With five victories, three losses (Michigan State, Army, Illinois) and a tie (Minnesota), Michigan had the poorest record of any Rose Bowl team in 33 years...