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...Stay in there. Eighteen ft., coming down. He's got it made. Come on in there. Contact lights!" Although thick dust kicked up by the LM's rocket engine obscured his view during the last 30 to 40 ft. of the descent, Conrad coolly landed Intrepid a scant 20 ft. from the edge...
...perhaps the biggest factor working against Harvard is the scant chance of catching Yale psychologically off guard. Although only a handful of players return on either side from last year's 29-29 tie, every member of the Bulldog squad remembers the certain victory that Yale squandered in the final minute, and they are determined that it will not happen again...
Stapleton and Balsam are two of the most seasoned professionals in show business; both listen and react with a skill that lends the slender script warmth and pathos. They receive scant help from the Perrys. In the original story, Belli, despite his name, is Jewish. Here he is simply "Russian." In the story, Miss O'Meaghan sits atop a gravestone and imitates Helen Morgan singing Don't Ever Leave Me-and is interrupted by a file of shocked Negro mourners. Here she is given a bland song (lyrics supplied by Eleanor Perry because rights to the original were...
...refusing to take his murder seriously the characters remove all ideal depth from life. They dedicate themselves to a world of dark confusion, textures of broken light and shadow without order, violent emotional events with scant meaning. In thus interpreting the continuity of social process and order after individual death, Renoir finally recognizes the seriousness of his material. His fluid and continuous relationships between men, his heroes' deaths at the hands of society are given the atmosphere of horror they deserve. Renoir is morally engaged in Rules of the Game as in few other films...
...Quakers brilliant sophomore. Julio Piazza, should be the favorite in the meet, but unless he is able to pull along at least three teammates into the top ten finishers. Penn's chances of victory are scant...