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...American audience is losing part of the impact of this almost entirely visual film in order to read dialogue like "Contact bearing 22.37 degree--sinking fast!" "Full speed ahead at 30' 2" !" and "Aye, aye, captain!" Watching the movie is like reading a super-action-heroes comic book. Moreover, sailor's slang, no matter how well translated, is meant to be heard and not read: "Screw till it falls off, you swine!" For once it seems a film might be better dubbed than subtitled, expect that the sound of the German language is an essential part of the effect...
...sailor does not make a top-ranked team, but Horn says he would not hesitate" to start five other of the squads skippers in a major competition. One of the five is Bryan's brother John Kean 83, whose performance in the Atlantic Coast Championships was the key to the Crimson victory over schools all along the eastern seaboard, closing the fall season with a flourish Horn also singles out as stars senior Craig Shank and Dave Woolsey and juniors Ethan Berkowitz and Hollis French...
...some growing up. Some of the tracks, such as those about his little daughter and his memories, appeared to indicate the aging of the man who claimed he was "Growing Older But Not Up." Coconut Telegraph bore some thematic resemblance to Volcano and Son of a Son of a Sailor, released in 1979 and 1978 All three focused on the carefree life of the wooden-boat sailor, with references to Montserrat and St. Thomas and only occasional glimpses of the serious side of a singer usually photographed in mid-laugh...
...Reagan, at 70 no spring chicken himself. Asked about Rickover, Reagan reminded reporters that William Gladstone was Britain's Prime Minister at 83. But at week's end White House sources said Reagan had decided that Rickover should retire. Apparently to soften the blow to the proud sailor, Reagan plans to ask him to serve as a White House adviser on nuclear energy...
Even then, the Soviets remained skittish: 31 hours after the rescue, signal flares lit up the night sky. The Swedes dispatched another rescue team. It found no emergency, just anxious crewmen who wanted to know the whereabouts of Commander Gushin and his navigator. Asked one Soviet sailor: "Are they your prisoners...