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Susan Peters does a masterful job of making herself sweetly obnoxious as she chases Coleman. Her girlish lisp is aggravating, but don't let it spoil the picture for you. There are a number of scenes near the end in which the element of suspense is so capably, delicately handled that they more than compensate for an occasional bad scene...
...down the U.S., butchers faced the same problem. Steaks, roasts, chops, all highpoint meats, were a drug on the market. Many a butcher took advantage of OPA's concession that point values may be cut if stocks are in danger of spoiling. Too many butchers took advantage: OPA debated canceling its rule and letting the honest dealer's meat spoil-steaks, chops, liverwurst...
...blood from a patriotic donor, the blood is centrifuged to separate the light-colored fluid (plasma) from the red blood corpuscles. The plasma-60% of the blood's volume-may save a life in Africa; the red residue goes down the sewer, because red blood corpuscles quickly spoil. New York's Lederle Laboratories alone discard over 1,000 pints...
Penicillin has the disadvantages of being hard to make, easy to spoil-it must be kept at refrigerator temperatures and would be very inconvenient for battlefield use. But, since it may fill many gaps in chemotherapy, the doctors following it feel like hounds on a hot scent...
...CATCH ME-Richard Powell-Simon & Schuster ($2). Two sets of villains, one Hitlerite, the other indigenous, join forces in this effervescent, farcical tale to strip a Philadelphia museum of its furniture collection. A young Main Line antique dealer and his bride spoil the robbery...