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...World War II the British, trying to shuck off some of their worldwide obligations, sought to leave behind a Palestine that would in effect be a single federal economic unit with two divisions: a Jewish state and a larger Arab one. By that time the Jews had narrowed the Arabs' population lead to two to one, and by their industry and Western talents had made themselves Palestine's senior partner. Their young men had served bravely with the British and won Britain's obligation and sympathy. When Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin then tried to hold them down...
...left, says frequently that he does not want Communist support, and would not accept it. But his message in L'Express was a reminder of how this cunning politician, with his ambition to give France a domestic New Deal, has also shown a cool willingness to reduce, even shuck off, France's foreign responsibilities, and to cut her down to a small power with neutralist tendencies. He seemed to be suggesting to the Communist voters that he too has reservations about a foreign policy they hate, and that he is a man who can be reasoned with...
Tennessee. The nation's youngest (34) governor, Frank Clement,* a onetime FBI agent and part-time lay preacher, ran up a good record in his first two years and has a good program ready for his new four-year term. Spellbinding Corn-Shuck-er Clement, re-elected with the state's biggest vote, hopes for a chance to make the keynote speech at the 1956 Democratic convention. He figures he can talk himself into the vice-presidency, at least...
What saves the film from the commonplace is an original juxtaposition of the human and non-human animals. Under John Ford's skillful direction, Clark Gable, Ava Gardner and Grace Kelley shuck their human veneer and slip into the animal world which surrounds them. The passions which rage within this triangle are not civilized; they are elemental lusts common to all creatures. Driven by them, Gable becomes leonine, while Misses Gardner and Kelley are strictly feline...
...talk of a man who has a date in mind. A likelier possibility, which many powerful elements in the party urge, is that Eden will give up the Foreign Office and concentrate on being deputy Prime Minister. This would enable Churchill to stay in office, to shuck some of the routine responsibilities, and to insure the succession of his loyal deputy. But Eden is reported not to look with favor on this plan: he does not like doing only routine jobs; as an old officeholder, he dislikes a title without a department to go with it. Furthermore, he fears that...