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...dictatorship but equally opposed to governmental instability in times of international tension, seems caught between ideology and practicality. The two, however, are not irreconcilable. Franco's rule is neither terroristic nor strictly speaking, oppressive. At the moment, its maintenance seems necessary to lift Spain above its current economic shallow-water mark. A radical change in governmental structure at the present time could be disastrous. The U.S., in the form of aid to Spain, appears to recognize these facts...
...oversized (6-ft.-8-in.) high-school flash from Webster Groves (Mo.) who.practiced for two years to sandpaper his game to its present smoothness. Now he can hold his own with the best. A cautious, careful player who thinks his way around a court, Krebs sports a hard, shallow hook shot that has started S.M.U. on a Southwest Conference title-winning kick.
...makes it a point to leave word of his whereabouts-even on his rare fishing trips-so that local pilots can find him in emergencies, and signal to him when he is needed. Then his British-born wife Evelyn takes the wheel and deftly maneuvers the boat into shallow water so that her husband can wade ashore for his call...
...asthmatic lump of sex from the botanist's home town. The only mildly refreshing character in the Capital seems to be a likeable old rogue with a supply of bourbon in his hollow leg. He makes a useful foil for the hero, but they are both given a rather shallow stock of funny lines...
...shadow of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night, since both take the rigid form of a one-day revelation of a family's sins and strength. But here is no passionate view of the tragedy of life: easy optimism and shallow hope bubble up from every line, and the moral is simply a wisecrack-coated placebo that goes down without effort and is guaranteed against causing distress...