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Pessimists believe that ultra-high speed belongs to unmanned, guided missiles. Like the V-2 rockets, they will slam through the danger zone as quickly as possible, and come under radio control on the peaceful upper side...
...Grand Slam. With Loewenstein, Emanuel planned a grandiose scheme to take over just about all the utilities in the U.S. Before the plan went into effect, Loewenstein mysteriously jumped or fell from a plane over the English Channel (V.E. is sure he fell). But Emanuel, backed by the Schroders, who had been Loewenstein's bankers, and A. C. Allyn, among others, went ahead anyway. They fixed their sights on the multi-millioned Standard Gas & Electric System. Altogether, they ante'd up about $60,000,000 and formed the U.S. Electric Power Corp., a holding company with Emanuel...
Crack-Up's slam-bang plot never makes a great deal of sense-but it contains some good, fast chases, a fire, a corpse in the dark museum basement and a train crash. Through all the energetic hurlyburly, the hero & heroine look convincingly confused and harried...
...copies, was anybody's guess. Although Wakeman insisted that his fantastic, domineering Evan Evans was a fictional "composite," the resemblances to George Hill seemed more than coincidental. Like Evans, Mr. Hill is fond of wearing a hat in his office. His alltime Hit Parade favorite is a slam-bang version of Over There (a tune which delighted Mr. Evans). Like Mr. Evans, whose slogan was "Love that Soap," Hill believes in irritating and ear-shattering repetition. Some American Tobacco plugs: "Herbert Tareyton is back-yes, Herbert Tareyton is back!" "Lucky Strike Green has gone to war" and "L.S./M.F.T...
...Butch LaGuardia probably could not be put over without a slam-bang fight. It was not likely that big Jim Farley and other conservatives would accept LaGuardia without some heavy shooting. Farley makes no bones about how much he dislikes New Dealish Jim Mead. In 1942 he had said Mead would "make a terrible Governor...