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Then came the years attached to Army units on Indian border duty. During the skirmishes, he came to learn about bravery and endurance and to watch boys suffer terrible deaths. For the rest of his life, he felt that the U.S. soldier, at his courageous, selfless best, was the noblest creature he had ever known. This leads to some scathingly bitter comments on Congress. Remington's invective cuts deep, since it is untempered with any of Mark Twain's or Will Rogers' humor. At one point he says, "Politicians ... men who will conserve their own well-being...
...happier times and the certainty of loss. Director William Prosser makes sensitive contact with the inner spirit of the play, and, considering that the company is a mix of amateurs and professionals, the result is creditable. The indisputable triumph belongs to the citizens of Key West, who gave selfless hours and years of effort to build this arts center and who will now be repaid in something sweeter than sweat or money...
...Cormack, 55 (U.S.), and Godfrey Hounsfield, 60 (British)-completed this year's prize slate of eleven. The 1979 list of winners is notable for several reasons. For once, the often controversial Peace Prize went to an individual beyond criticism or calumny: Mother Teresa, 69, who has spent a selfless lifetime working in the slums of Calcutta. The prize for literature went to the Greek lyric poet Odysseus Elytis. The twin economics prizes went to men whose concern has been the problems of the developing world...
...because she didn't know her fate. Screenwriter Julius Epstein told her simply, "As soon as we know, we'll let you know." Finally, the director decided to shoot both endings. The first exit-Bergman flying off with Henreid-left Bogart looking so good and noble and selfless that the second ending was never filmed. Though Bogart lost the girl, he did win Claude Rains and one of the most famous fadeout lines in cinema: "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship...
When it came to annihilating bromides, Plomer was a vigilante. He continually hunted worn phrases, particularly the ones found in obituaries: "infectious laughter," "selfless devotion," "indomitable courage." As to the deceased who possessed "an immense affection for all animals," a question nagged: "Did he cherish warthogs and dote on hyenas, did he take the skunk to his bosom?" Plomer's acerbic critiques did not stop at the mirror. For his own epitaph he furnished a shrewd, unblinking self-estimate...