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...Blows. The theory is known as "bioclimatics." Its father is Dr. William F. Petersen. famed Chicago pathologist and weather student (TIME. Aug. 2, 1943; March 25, 1946). But its most enthusiastic prophet is a rich, eccentric, globe-trotting Bostonian named Manfred Curry. Dr. Curry (a Munich M.D. is a sportsman of note, a yacht designer, and an authority on aerodynamics...
...wrote A History of Chinese Tactics and Strategy of the Past Four Thousand Years. Because Tu was an only son, the old historian did not want him to be a soldier. But Tu ran away, entered Whampoa Military Academy, and graduated with the first class, in 1924. A vigorous sportsman in peacetime-he likes to hunt wild asses from horseback in the Gobi-Tu is also an accomplished paratrooper. He got his training from OSS experts training Commando troops in Kunming...
...Praia Pernambuco, a few minutes by ferry from Santos, will have an airfield, a country club, a polo field, a beach club, a fishing club, hotels, shops, and some 500 houses, all furnished with the latest gadgets. Sao Paulo industrial interests, which are putting up millions to construct this sportsman's dream, expect it to be one of the top resort centers in the hemisphere...
Since the three are hunting big game in Africa, the pressures are primitive, and considerable. Macomber (Robert Preston) is a good shot but he lacks courage in a crisis and the sportsman's sense of honor towards his quarry. Besides, he talks too much about himself. The hunter (Gregory Peck), on the other hand, is everything a Hemingway hero should be. Mrs. Macomber (Joan Bennett) is not slow to choose between them nor delicate in showing her preference-in several almost unbearably ugly scenes of cruelty and humiliation. Under the pressures, Macomber finds his courage for the first time...
...Shed seemed content to loll on the slew grass and be petted by his owner, Paul Bakewell III, a wealthy St. Louis sportsman. There was no fear in Shed's demeanor as he took his place on the line, as there was in some of the younger dogs, and that was a good sign; but he no longer trembled with excitement either...