Word: standing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Bread & Beer Alone. Consequently, Communism (or any similar manifestation) cannot be stopped in the long run either by diplomacy, wealth or war, though McGuire thinks all three may have to be applied as intermediate measures. The West can stand against Communism only if it will put its own house in order-an order that will end the insane fissions of industrial civilization. The West's moral community must be renewed...
...true in a British burlesque house as it is in a county drawing room. At the tiny and prosperous Windmill Theater near Piccadilly, long a favored hangout of U.S. soldiers, sailors and marines, London's lovelies prove as deciduous as the Minsky variety, but their nudity must stand on its own without bumps or grinds. Perambulant stripping is taboo, and a prim sign in the lobby warns customers that "any additional aid to vision is not permitted." Forbidden the use of opera glasses under this rule, a seagoing burlesque fan recently did his best to provide a substitute. Navigational...
...experts say Ulen's squad doesn't stand a chance...
Tony Bonner's music was the high spot of the show in the composing department. With imagination, variety, and a beautiful sense of timing and color, Bonner has woven a scorer which should stand comparison with the best of Pudding music. His orchestration is brassy where it should be, and borrows a bare minimum from the all-too-familiar body of Latin American songs on the market...
...tradition of recent importations from that country in its simplicity of plot, its relaxed realism, and its superior acting. It is not, however, precisely what the Kenmore management would have you believe a New York critic called it--"The best Italian film to reach this country." It can not stand up to "Open City" or "To Live in Peace," for example, as consistently successful cinema art. Still, there are some very fine moments of melodrama in "Tragic Hunt," that rate it well with the earlier films and make its director and co-author, Giuseppe De Santis, a promising new figure...