Word: thin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...metal is used in the new tanks except for pipe connections and caps. The inside shell is fibre sheeting braced with fibre ribs. Over that is a layer of buckskin, next a layer of raw rubber one-eighth inch thick, covered by a thin skin of vulcanized rubber. When a bullet pierces the tank, the raw rubber reunites and the buckskin is swelled by leaking gasoline, so that together they plug the hole...
...Another Thin Man (Myrna Loy, William Powell, C. Aubrey Smith, Sheldon Leonard; TIME...
...three-hour blow-off in Abnormal Psychology or Relational Logic might normally expect to find solace for his woes by staggering into the University Theatre and letting his mind go blank for a couple of hours. But not so with the current show. Any exam as involved as "Another Thin Man" would be run out of college by the Dean's Office. Sinister characters wander across the screen throwing knives and shooting each other in bewildering confusion. Of course, by the end of the picture, the whole plot is very simple,--to William Powell. But script-writers, playing their merry...
...plot go as it will, Thin Man Powell still has his arched eyebrows and highball glass. Thin Girl Loy her wardrobe, and Asta his hydrant. Those elements which made the first "Thin Man" such a smash are still there, an overtone of top-notch fare tripping lightly over the blood and gore. Hence "Another Thin Man" is enjoyable entertainment, even if a bit mentally exhausting...
...Another Thin Man (Myrna Loy, William Powell, C. Aubrey Smith, Sheldon Leonard, Asta; TIME...