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Later in the day Queen Elizabeth scored a personal triumph when she sampled a Paarl housewife's Dutch milk tart. "Ah," said the Queen in Afrikaans, "dis bale goed" (this is very good...
...some . . . made of sanitary Wisconsin cheese, just for you." Mr. Churchill often bounds off into sonorous oratory, uses words like "bloody" and "jolly." Mr. Baruch is a wise elder statesman who can feel things "in his bones." Mr. Hopkins, who represents the frustrated New Dealer, is sincere but tart, and has to be reprimanded by Roosevelt for using the word "stink" in front of Mr. Churchill. Author Franklin, who once worked for the State Department as an economist and was active in psychological warfare during World War II, plays the none-too-modest role of moderator between the Chiefs...
WASHINGTON, January 14--A tart suggestion from Justice Jackson that the Supreme Court is trying to psychoanalyze Congress rather than interpret the law climaxed the historic John L. Lewis contempt case as the court took it under advisement late today...
...spite of suddenly reverent expressions at mention of the word "Stalin," the skilled actors in this picture make the generals look like nice, fallible human beings. U.S. audiences will be particularly interested in ' the film's frequent tart, cynically distrustful references to a second front not yet launched by Russia's Western allies...
...wander aimlessly through slick-haired juvenile roles before his 41-month hitch in the Coast Guard, actually does some acting as the dipsomaniac doctor-turned-renegade. Linda Darnell (a brunette for the last time before dyeing her hair honey-blonde to play Amber) is the lushly pretty dance-hall tart...