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Paralyzing Pygmies. As the Martian invasion of France proceeded, the invaders became more bizarre. A troup of pygmies in plastic helmets gamboled down a railroad track near Quarouble and transfixed M. Marius Dewilde with "a paralyzing beam of light." Some Martians were blue, others were yellow or pink. A traveling salesman of the Cotes-du-Nord saw a wonderful sight: a deep rose flying cigar from which stepped a zebra-striped Martian. As he alighted, he changed color, chameleonlike, from yellow to green...
...smoking brunette with a Ph.D. from Columbia University, said that she had been fired from her job in the Voice's French section after she had written a favorable review of Whittaker Chambers' Witness. Also, she related, on her very first day in the section. Acting Chief Troup Mathews called her to his office and "told me his primary interest was in setting up collectivist groups." McCarthy interrupted her with a warning that "many children are watching this program." Later the committee released a transcript of Nancy's nonpublic testimony. Mathews, she testified, had told her that...
There are still naive moviegoers like myself who feel a shiver run up our spines when the music swells and a troup of horses charge over a hill. Hollywood in general, and Ivanhoe in particular, will thrive on people like us. Changing from spectacle to spectacle, Ivanhoe entertains even though it leaves large vacuums of dialogue and acting in its wake...
This term's top 15 are: Ralph M. K. Barford, James R. Bell Jr., Peter Danes, Charles W. Gardiner, Gordon G. Hughes, Norman J. Keesal, John E. Lindsay, Robert J. Meyer, James L. Montgomery, Alvin W. Peacock, Henry B. Perry, Jean R. Roche, Arthur F. Thompson, Thomas J. Troup, and Richard B. Uhie...
McGiffert handled the ball on all the plays, using deceptive pitch-outs to a slicing wing and short passes over the center. He heaved to Troup Wilder for the first touchdown and set up the second with a twenty-five yard boot-leg around right end. George Galphin carried over on the next play from the one-yard line...