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...fought: undistinguished Charles won it from overcautious Walcott. After that, everything was different. Walcott, known as a "cutie" (a hit & run fighter who upsets an opponent's timing with flurries of punches, then dances away), switched his style and went after his man. Only once did he revert to his crablike defense...
...seems to me that the argument should be concerned with the merits of the movie, rather than with Spellman's or anyone else's right to decide whether the board of censors are performing their function. To condemn him for doing so is simply to revert to the intellectual "dictatorship which your editorial is so anxious to avert. John Ziegler...
...indefinite period. Same as Regulars. Those who enlist go on immediate active duty, but will revert to reserve status when unit is returned to inactive status...
...different motive for climbing, i.e., for living. The climbers: a warmhearted Italian girl (Valli), a war-weary American (Glenn Ford), an unreconstructed Nazi (Lloyd Bridges), a decadent Frenchman (Claude Rains), a philosophical Englishman (Sir Cedric Hardwicke), a dutiful Swiss (Oscar Homolka). Before the peak comes into sight, they revert pretty much to national typecasting, and the plot maneuvers them to illustrate some simple homilies (e.g., Love conquers all; United we stand, divided we fall...
...recognition of the dramatic last lecture. The ovation continues while the instructor drinks a glass of water and slowly searches for his hat. Winter is the ideal time for this type, for he can also fumble with his coat as the ovation goes on. But in Spring he must revert to the device of wishing the class good luck on the final exam, then stopping back to allow the applause to burst forth anew...