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...papa of the film, played by Charles Boyer, is not the pompous autocrat of Father. He is but a chuckling bystander watching the antics of his clansmen, who are notorious in the community because of their many conquests. There's Uncle Desmond, smoothest operator in Quebec, who collects garters and mounts them on cardboard. He inherited his art from Grandpere, still dapper at 67 years and spryly pursuing his latest widow. What story the film has develops when the adolescent (Bobby Driscoll) imitates the attitude of his uncles and gets in trouble...
...cancelling answer ready. Herter has managed to keep Dever on the defensive though, to the dismay of Dever's campaign managers who want Dever to take the initiative and attack Herter's own record. In the end, it probably will not make any difference because the Dever machine functions smoothest during a Presidential election year. Besides, Herter is a nonentity compared with the formidable opponent Dever is preparing to battle two years hence--Republican Senator Leverett Saltonstall...
...last week carried on his own crusade to capture New York for the Republicans. Audiences recalling his 1948 campaign manner found that the waxiness of his smile seemed to have melted, giving way to genuine friendliness and humor. He was self-assured, easily articulate, and clearly the Republicans' smoothest TV star (Dewey plans at least twelve TV appearances before the election, will also join Eisenhower on a whistle-stop tour of New York later this month). On TV last week, he continued his fight to show New York's minority groups that the Democrats' record of tolerance...
...went after it. He set out across the country to campaign for the nomination. Before the Republicans gathered in Philadelphia, Taft had one of the smoothest Republican organizations ever formed. But it was not good enough. Although Taft was confident that he would win, the historic blitz carried Willkie in on the sixth ballot. Trudging out of the Philadelphia convention hall, the defeated Taft vowed: ''Never again...
Unifying and strengthening Western Europe is something like building a road over uncertain footing. The roadbuilders' efforts may be impressive, but at any moment the smoothest-looking stretch may crack...