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...Momi's years of service, the towermen could remember her making only one misstep-that terrible time when, by accident, she stepped on a signal button on the tower control panel and brought a fast express screeching to a stop on the tracks below. Tower Master Eugenio Olivieri picked Momi up by the scruff of the neck that day and threw her out of the window, but Momi, battered and limping, returned...
...serious collector has whole regiments of infantrymen, squadrons of cavalry. Each must be perfect to the last detail: a handsome, 3-in. drummer in Louis XIV's army is done up in the flaming red, orange and white uniform of the period, with every button, every bit of lace exactly in place. France's handful of craftsmen (among them: an old widow, an ex-jockey, a chef) will spend an entire week fashioning the body for such a figure, then modeling the uniform out of tin leaf. It takes 40 delicate soldering operations to make King Louis...
Dudley Richards, Crimson figure skating ace who now holds Harvard's sole claim to amateur honors since Dick Button turned pro, has been named as a U.S. representative at the world figure skating championships in Switzerland. February...
...stop to wash, don't stop to button...
Because each scene is a meledhma, clanging tote grenade music helps identify the major crises. But even amid the noise, Miss de Harviland excellent. The role is not demanding she stirs more tea than emotions. But her quiet sinuses effectively balance the wild eyed portrayal by Button...