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Vehicle jobs, for the Lunts, have a sort of advantage over solider plays: the pair can trot out their whole repertory of tricks, they can be versatile and uninhibited, they can be Lunt & Fontanne. In O Mistress Mine they romp happily up & down the comedy ladder-high comedy and broad comedy, badinage and burlesque-wowing the audience on every rung. If Actress Fontanne is a little too bubbly and gurgly at times, few of the customers seem to mind...
...William F. ("Bull") Halsey, having formally reneged on his vow to ride Hirohito's white horse, made the mistake of meeting up with his old cavalry man friend, Major General William Chase, in a Tokyo suburb. The General proffered the Admiral a hoary steed and insisted that he trot his stuff. Taking the bit in his teeth, the Admiral ventured a slow, seagoing jog, dismounted quickly, gasped: "Don't leave me alone with this animal. I was never so scared in my life...
...neared 50, large and lusty Writer Paul de Kruif felt his considerable powers waning. His customary four-mile trot along a Lake Michigan beach slowed down to a walk. Three or four hours with the double-bitted ax and cross-cut saw were all he could stand. He tired easily, slept fitfully, found himself a prey to causeless fears...
...country going to the dogs? or are the dogs coming to us? A dog-trot poll taken on a questionnaire made up by the Lampoon chapter of the SPCA which will be reported in its forthcoming issue says it has been definitely established that "this is a dog's life." Lampy has been to a great deal of trouble in recent months trying to ascertain the dog's point of view. The survey took seven months and four days to complete, seven months and two days being devoted to the opinions of the Baffinland clamhound...
...this bewildered G.I. In reading your article (TIME, Aug. 21 ) relating to the New Guinea campaign, I was very impressed by the figures given of losses for combined Australian and U.S. forces. The amounts stated are 662 dead, 63 missing. Later, in a bull session with the boys, I trot out these said totals expecting complete surprise and amazement. The surprise was effected all right, to the extent that they doubted the figures enough to wager $25 that you are wrong. I took...