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...lightness and ease of assembly would make it a valuable weapon for parachutists. But other officers wondered privately whether the M-3 might not be destined to serve as a "revolt gun," to be dropped by parachute to the rebellious people of conquered Europe when the time is ripe. Colonel Studler's gadget will never stir a gunsmith's soul, but to a despairing Pole. Czech or Dutchman it might look like a rare and lovely objet...
...what failure to coordinate political aims and understandings with war aims could bring about; 2) an object lesson in the lengths to which the U.S.S.R. could go to compel understanding on its own terms; 3) a preview of postwar confusions. Now, as never before, the time was ripe for a personal meeting sometime soon between Joseph Stalin and Franklin Roosevelt...
China (Paramount) manages to make one of the most impressive races on earth seem like a corny subject. It stars recently drafted Alan Ladd and gazelle-eyed Loretta Young in as thick a glossary of cliches as may be collected currently from any U.S. screen. The film is ripe for the burlesque that the wandering team of Bing Crosby and Bob Hope might have given...
...vituperative would have helped, since too much of the original stage plot of Emlyn "The Corn Is Green" Williams still shows through, despite "The Beard's efforts to give his role a vitriolic dignity. When the play was debuted, New York critics dubbed it "The Corn Is Ripe." That still holds...
...stars as Goodman, Teagarden, Krupa, etc., he plays above himself. There's still a lot of repression and self-consciousness, but there's also a good beat and a few good ideas. I wouldn't dare play Teschemacher's "China Boy" afterward, but the album is full of good, ripe jazz...