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Should one infidelity disrupt a marriage? No, says the Archbishop of Canterbury, and last week British newspapers were making shocker headlines...
Avalanche of Bathos. Hollywood's filmed TV fare included Dragnet, which began its new series with a shocker: the tracking down of a criminal who was flooding local high schools with obscene pictures. The daring theme was soon buried under an avalanche of bathos as Jack Webb set about proving that there is some good in everybody, even pornographers. Brought to bay, the filthy-picture dealer was revealed as a broken-down movie producer with total recall about the good old days in the film business...
...seasoned readers of the Chicago Tribune (circ. 877,636) the announcement on the editorial page last week was something of a shocker. Under the headline NEW DEPARTMENT, the Trib said matter-of-factly: "That its readers may have the benefit of other views in judging issues of national and international policy, the Tribune is instituting a department on this page designated 'The Other Side,' [reprinting] editorials from other newspapers which generally reject judgments sharply opposed...
...tightens the suspense screws on her plot, Author Laski also adds a shocker or two, e.g., poor Milly outrages her Victorian surroundings by bearing an illegitimate child. The final secret of whether Melanie ever makes her way back to the 20th century is a matter Author Laski deserves to share directly with her readers...
...Seed, by William March. Malice and murder in the heart of a child; a mother-and-daughter story that swiftly turns into a shocker (TIME, April...