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...varsity, in establishing an awesome reputation on the ground, has been using only the straightest possible single-wing plays...
Some of Hogan's fans call him "Blazin' Ben," but another nickname-"Little Ice Water"-fits even better. He stands 5 ft. 8½ in. and weighs only 140 lbs., but he manages consistently to hit one of the longest and straightest balls in golf. Apart from such purely technical skills, little Ben Hogan is the fiercest competitor in the game. With his relentless training schedule and assembly-line precision, Ben is all business, considers a social round of golf the most boring thing in the world. Any man who outscores the champ more than once this year...
Connoisseur. In Nice, France, a judge couldn't quite stick Dr. Caillet's will, declared it invalid, since it set up an annual prize for the local citizen who had the straightest nose, smallest wrists, and largest hands-provided his hair was red and his eyebrows black...
...straightest faces in all the world would not assure respect for a hose and bucket solemnly set up as a protection against forest fires, even though these do constitute "a step in the right direction...
...honesty. Ray Milland is convincing and often disturbing in his hangovers, his delir ium tremens, his melancholy. Weekend sustains its interest legitimately: it does not try to dazzle with highly polished studio tricks or with classical pretensions. By sticking strictly to its business - telling an interesting story in the straightest possible way - it becomes one of the year's best pictures...