Word: unbroken
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After almost half a century of unbroken constitutional government, revolution came to Colombia last week. It was a revolution of the right, carried out by the government in office...
...Evanston, 111., Michigan, beaten by Army a fortnight ago after
an unbroken string of 25 victories, was upset again, 21-20, by
in-and-out Northwestern.
...After two months of almost unbroken heat, the weather got hotter & hotter. A 40 & 8 band from Flint, Mich, marched in an American Legion parade in Detroit in diapers and baby hats. In big-city slums, thousands slept on rooftops and fire escapes. Then over the weekend, a cold air mass moved in at last and made life bearable...
...limelight with Champion (TIME, April 11), imprinted it with several signs of his fresh style. For one thing, there is an intelligent use of sound. Small, natural noises-the clop of hooves and the rattle of stones under the wagon wheels-take on weight and value. Spots of unbroken silence have the quality of noonday sunlight on an empty plain. Other refreshing and honest touches: the homely treatment of four frontier chippies (including Gloria Grahame); the persuasively intimate feel of the western countryside; the sensitive cinematic handling of sound and movement in a slow, hide-and-seek gunfight...
...three scripters who rewrote the original screenplay have turned out an almost unbroken series of gags and gambits. For every ounce of Runyon's boozy Broadway sentiment they have added a pound of farce. Hope, past master of the triple-quip and the doubletake, tosses off this mixture with obvious relish. Little Mary Jane, though no Shirley Temple, shows pretty talent as a straight man. Hope's other helpers, including Lucille Ball and William Demarest, provide sturdy filler for an already meaty comedy...