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Minutes later, the 77th Congress rose from its predecessor's ashes. The phoenix nest where this political rebirth occurred looked not unlike a bird cage, thanks to a network of steel girders, erected temporarily to hold up the aged and rickety Congressional roof...
...crammed to the cashier's cot, its storekeepers loath to talk about anything but dogs. For Albany (pronounced All-Benny), a thriving little city of 19,000, is the hub of some of the best quail-hunting grounds in the world. There last week was held a bird-dog trial as sacred to Albany as the Derby is to Louisville...
...pointing-dog trials, unlike retriever trials, no birds are killed. Birds are flushed, blank shots fired only to test the dogs' steadiness to shot & wing. Dogs are also judged on speed, range (how they cover the course), bird sense and nose, initiative, style, intensity of point. For two days last week the nation's 16 best bird dogs were put down in braces, competed against one another in one-hour heats. On the third day, eight were called back for final elimination...
...Cowl runs a gamut of politely contained emotions and achieves resignation in the end-with the help of old acquaintance. At one point, where she snuffles back her tears, she brings off a little masterpiece of nasal dramatics. Meanwhile Peggy Wood has given a witty picture of a blonde, bird-brained, overdressed, likeable soul...
...much valuable time setting the scene and building the characters, it has to whisk through Mr. Jones's horrendous visit to Samburan. A line-up of Hollywood's most finished actors, nicely guided by the delicate directional hand of John Cromwell, holds long points, like patient bird dogs, for the chills. Then in a few hurried strokes, the villains are disposed of and it is time for the clinch...