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Startling Dearth. In startling contrast to the spate of military books was the dearth of competent political books that could provide U.S. readers of 1943 with some clue to the background of conflict from which they might appraise the turbulent changes of the year. The geopoliticians were busy. Andreas Dorpalen's The World of General Haushofer ($3.50) and Derwent Whittlesey's German Strategy of World Conquest ($2.50) examined the basic ideas which German Geopolitician Haushofer has contributed to Nazi grand strategy. Still a strong seller was Democratic Ideals and Reality ($2.50), by aging British Geopolitician Sir Halford Mackinder...
...sheer weight of the names on the marquee is enough to sweep you into Keith's Memorial this week. And the movie endeavours mightily to give you your money's worth by presenting three tales of the supernatural against a very agreeable background of Benchley...
...interior decoration, gadget design, city planning, court painting and sculpture. His painter's mind was increasingly and almost ruinously engaged by intellectual curiosity about the physical world. Leonardo ended by turning from art to science. His very painting was a scientific search-the plants and rocks in the background of the Portrait of Ginevra de' Bend seem to have been executed by a botanist and a geologist. As he began to satisfy himself with technical improvements in such matters as perspective and chiaroscuro, he gradually lost interest in tirt for art's sake...
Against a swarming background, Playwright Hart tells the story of six typical young flyers. First half of Winged Victory spans the 15-month training period, from a rowdy first glimpse of camp to a jubilant parade-ground graduation. Betweenwhiles, the boys slog away, go on solo flights, snatch moments with their girls and wives. One of the six washes out, another is killed night-flying...
...Loudspeakers on workers' clubhouses, restaurants and roofs of buildings blare out the news of important victories. These broadcasts have now been built into productions complete with salvos of cannon fire and background music...