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Holman quietly insists on doing his own work. Whereupon captain, crew and coolies turn furiously against him. In the last reel, after taking a rueful part in the senseless slaughter of some Chinese peasants, Holman informs the captain that he is through with American militarism, that he is going to desert the colors and help the Chinese build a modern nation. A Chinese bullet prevents the project. "I was home," he gasps as he falls dead. "What the hell happened...
Meanwhile, Osvaldo Ruggieri, who plays Jason, was having trouble with the pants designed for him by Rouben Ter-Arutunian. They were, he thought, too baggy. Whereupon he went out and got a pair so tight he was a sight. When Rouben tinted the pants dark brown, Ruggieri went into a rage. "You ruined them!" he cried. "You dyed them!" "I didn't dye them, I painted them!" huffed Rouben. "I'm a painter, not a dyer!" Moaned Director Menotti: "Why is it that an Englishman is always adjusting his tie, a Frenchman is always checking his pocket...
Remarkably, it took the jury nearly seven hours to find the cons guilty-whereupon Judge Fiok finally had his innings. After handing each defendant a sentence of up to 40 years, Fiok rattled off contempt citations that added up to a total of 37 years to be served in solitary confinement and at hard labor. Unhappily, the trio must now also be tried for their mid-trial escape-unless the state takes mercy on Pittsburgh judges and drops the charges...
Faced with that silence, the power company's lawyers eventually asked Simpson's court to hold that the questions must be answered. Whereupon all seven justices recused themselves. The last time such a maneuver put the court in a bind was in the Depression 1930s, when the justices ducked a ruling that would have cut their salaries. In such cases, Alabama law requires the Governor to appoint a special court of five lawyers to hand down a decision. Governor Benjamin M. Miller had no trouble rounding up the required number of lawyers and, once on the bench...
...royalty. Scandinavia's rulers have ignored this problem, on the whole, by opting for ordinariness. No one crowds around Sweden's 84-year-old King Gustaf Adolf when he walks alone through the streets. A man passing him will take off his hat with a slight bow, whereupon the King will remove his hat and bow politely in return. At state dinners, the footmen behind every other chair are restaurant waiters hired just for the occasion. Sweden is the kind of kingdom where the leader of the Communist Party, resplendent in white tie and tails, enjoys dining with...