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...long; and Scriptwriter Terence Rattigan, with the collaboration of John Gay, had no real choice but to combine them by a sort of gambler's shuffle-first a scene from one, then a scene from the other-that could scarcely fail to provide some notable examples of non sequitur. Fortunately, the method has also encouraged a good deal of suspense, and introduced a few fetchingly ironic parallels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: New Picture, Dec. 15, 1958 | 12/15/1958 | See Source »

...shot in that vibrant natural light Huston manages to record. Every shot is composed with the care and sense of proportion found in a good salon still. The film as a whole is a good-natured and beautifully turned-out joke, a string of very funny, often non-sequitur, sequences...

Author: By David M. Farquhar, | Title: Beat the Devil | 11/17/1958 | See Source »

...committee members took over the questioning, Sherman Adams fielded answers with a tired restraint, and, at times, a bland non sequitur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Man in the Storm | 6/30/1958 | See Source »

...Sequitur. In Los Angeles, an ad appeared in the Times: "SINGLE expectant mother desires housework or baby sitting. No bachelor considered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 9, 1956 | 4/9/1956 | See Source »

...flew from Rome to the U.S. for a week of personal appearances in Denver's "Festival of Italy." "It isn't true," La Pampanini loudly cried, "that I think American men are lousy lovers. All the Americans I've met," she murmered, in a graceful non sequitur, "have been very fine and admirable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 26, 1955 | 9/26/1955 | See Source »

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