Word: sharked
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...size, the hull is as sleek as a shark to help her outrun submarines. Fore & aft, her plates, instead of being riveted together in overlaps, like the Queens', are welded end to end, making the hull lighter, smoother and faster. Much of her superstructure is made of aluminum to cut down weight and lessen the ship's roll. In her compact white engine rooms (two separate rooms to lessen the danger from torpedoes in time of war), oil-fired boilers supply high-pressure steam to power the turbines that drive four giant propellers. These generate enough power...
...crammed full of singing, dancing, and musical shenanigans that it almost seems like a giant preview of a new 12 hour coming attraction. But Kelly's brilliant dancing, a sly plot about early sound movies, and a production as big as a house and slick as a card shark make "Singin' in the Rain a superb form of escapism. The film takes those portions of American musical comedy which Hollywood does well, and does them to perfection...
...Covo AND His SHARK (235 pp.)-Clemenf Richer-Knopf...
...Coyo catches a baby shark and raises it in a pond. Thanks to the fish Ti-Coyo provides, the shark grows up grateful. Then Ti-Coyo goes after the competition. When a liner full of rich Yankees reaches port, Ti-Coyo and his domesticated shark, Manidou, are waiting. The coins fall, the Negroes dive, Manidou darts out and snaps a diver in two. Ti-Coyo slips into the water, scoops up the coins. The shark looks on benevolently...
While not so exotic as the Marcelin brothers' The Pencil of God (TIME, Feb. 5), Ti-Coyo and His Shark shines with a rich blend of Caribbean mockery and Western sophistication. Author Richer, 37, a native of Martinique who has lived in France since 1927, writes with charm and is tactful enough to keep his fable short. What does it all mean? A satire on imperialism, perhaps, with Ti-Coyo symbolizing the native opportunist? Clement Richer, a nonpolitical fellow who describes himself as a misanthrope, is wise enough not to say; all that can be seen is his literary...