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Carey was not intimidated; he fought on, trying to soften some of the union's pronouncements on U.S. policies. In the middle of one skirmish, up jumped a Careyman who said he was an ex-Communist. He shouted that the union "is controlled lock, stock and barrel by the Communist Party. . . . The only decisions which will come out of this convention are those having the stamp of approval of the Party." Retorted "Fitzy" Fitzgerald: "Trash...
...long climb up the ladder, Not always contenders for first-rate billing until the great team of 1941, the big football revues always gave Harlow credit for "well-drilled teams," capable of dark-horsing a way to the top-given breaks and a spark. In 1941, the powder barrel went off, and behind All-American Center Chub Peabody, the team made up in defense what it lacked in offense, catapulting the Crimson into the big time. Dreams of a football renaissance in Soldiers Field ended, however, with Pearl Harbor...
Buried in His Work. In Detroit, five-year-old Donald Prieur, athirst for knowledge, set out for school for the first time, paused en route to take up the study of a barrel, was eventually sawed...
...Dark Passage (Warner) builds up a remarkably long and effective delayed entrance for its star, Humphrey Bogart. During the first several reels, the camera-along with the audience-sees the world through the hero's eyes: rolling downhill in a barrel (he is a convict making a break); watching a cop's hand paw dangerously into his hideout in Lauren Bacall's auto (he is a convict getting a break); watching Miss Bacall register lovelight as she looks into the lens (a break cinemaddicts have had before...
...mind about what kind of a contract it wanted at Ford. The union had the choice of a straight 11½? increase plus six paid holidays or a 7?-an-hour pay boost along with a pension plan (TIME, Aug. 11). Ford had the U.A.W. over a barrel; if it failed to sign by midnight, the U.A.W. would be forced to give up its union shop or go to the NLRB for an election on it. At 11:59 p.m. the U.A.W. had not made up its mind. Obligingly, Ford signed a contract which would put the choice...