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Little Fuss. All qualified observers agreed: the Skybolt-B-52 combination makes a splendid weapon. (In Britain, even before last week's test, R.A.F. pilots were itching to strap the rockets under the wings of their Vulcan bombers.) A combat-ready B-52 will carry four Sky-bolts under its wings, each armed with a nuclear warhead that will make it as devastating as the submarine-borne Polaris missiles that are now in service. Both in eventual impact and versatility on the way to its target, Skybolt is an impressive testament to nuclear age technology...
...alone at sea, And with a strap between his teeth...
...check to make sure that husbands have not climbed back in over the walls. Many marriages do not survive the ordeal. "Once you lose your home," says a harassed welfare worker, "you stand to lose your husband, then your children as well." At one L.C.C. hostel the inmates strap their valuables to their bodies at night. Families are allowed to stay at such hostels only for three months. After that, if they are still homeless, they are often forced to put their children in public boarding homes. London County Council alone has custody of 1,000 such "orphans." In scores...
...bearded giant strode past: Cinemactor Steve ("Hercules") Reeves. "Mr. Universe," sneered Kroscenko softly. "So who cares?" He was after bigger game. "Linda Christian. Ava Gardner, Anita Ekberg. Jayne Mansfield." he rolled the names lovingly across his tongue. "They are important people. They make trouble." Kroscenko rose, slung the strap of his Rolleicord camera over a shoulder, and went prowling for trouble...
...blooded American, and nuts to you." The reader's gorge had risen over an unchivalrous evaluation of the film actress in Ricketts' column "On the Town": "There are gals in Hollywood who have more sex appeal in their eyelashes than Marilyn can cram into a gownless evening strap. They can also deliver dialogue without sounding like their mouths are full of Purina...