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...task. With several delicate director's touches The Cruel Sea communicates the breathless silence of perilous halts in mid-ocean for rescues or repairs, and there are two scenes remarkable for stark visual impact-the sinking of H.M.S. Compass Rose, and the running down of floating survivors in a vain attempt to destroy a U-boat. Impressive also is the film's attention to detail; the viewer becomes completely familiar with the Compass Rose, the radar screen on the bridge, the pistons in the engine room, and he begins to listen himself for the sonar pings that warn...
Faith-Healer Susie Jessel raised her arms toward a picture of Christ on the wall and said: "I dedicate my hands to the Lord . . . The Lord give me the gift, and He did not give it in vain. If He chooses at times to make it so that they don't heal, we must remember that we cannot be a winner all the time...
...West Coast last week, three weekly newspapers * changed hands. But they were an exception to a trend. Elsewhere in the U.S., scores of would-be buyers were hunting dailies or weeklies for sale-and hunting in vain. In Florida alone, one broker reported he had 25 buying offers, not one to sell. In Michigan, ex-Senator Blair Moody, who had lined up capital for a daily (TIME, Aug. 17), had not been able to find one to buy. The reason: newspapers in general are making fat profits, anywhere from 6% to 15% after taxes. Few owners want to sell...
From head unto heels-// the idea appeals-Decorations of which you will be vain...
Against the Liberal drive, spearheaded by St. Laurent's great personal popularity in French Canada, the opposition tried in vain to sell the idea: it's time for a change. Taking a cue from the election in the U.S. last year, Tory Leader George Drew did his best to create a Canadian counterpart of the Republican campaign...