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Jerks & Gangsters. Indeed, from Cape Corse to the Strait of Bonifacio, the 114-mile-long island, which lies just 105 miles southeast of Nice, is little more than scenery. The snow-topped mountainous spine of Corsica is traversed only by a Toonerville-style railroad, the Micheline, which looks out on ruined citadels, deserted villages and scarred forests. Once rich in timber (pine, chestnut, cork trees), Corsica has been hard-hit by forest fires. Population has drained from 300,000 in the 1870s to 170,000 today. Ajaccio, the capital, is a cluster of quaint but quaking buildings, though a scattering...
...because it is man's eternal second chance. Paradoxically, it seems to affirm what it is destined to refute, as one generation's wisdom inevitably becomes the next generation's folly. Without being overly profound or unduly grave, William Goodhart has planted this insight in the spine of his first play. In a rock-solid performance, Henry Fonda not only gives body to a role, but also substance...
...right I am.' . . .I was about ten feet in back of Daniels. Almost instantly after the statement was made, one shot was fired. When Daniels was shot, I turned to leave. I did not want to play hero. Another shot was fired, and I was struck . . . in my spine." The priest said that neither he nor Daniels was armed-"The only thing I had in my hand was a dime," for a soft drink...
Though some of their adventures stir excitement, 8¾% never quite makes up its mind whether to be a spoof or a spine-tingler. But just before the giddy lovers emplane for England, Morley offers a verdict about the plot. He assures everyone that the sought-after secret document was only a scrap of paper, and the whole business just a routine bit of counterespionage. Precisely...
...leopards, pumas and hyenas. Then he became the first man ever to mix lions and tigers of both sexes, eventually performing with more than 40 in the cage at the same time. It was a threatening, unstable mixture, and often it exploded. To hear Beatty tell about it was spine-tingling. "Nero [a black-maned lion] stood over me, ready to sink his teeth in my face. Desperate, I planted the palm of my right hand against his nose and shoved with all my might. Suddenly I felt my hand slip into his mouth up to the wrist. I yanked...