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...knows where comets originate. One respected theory is that they are loose aggregations of matter distantly associated with the solar system. They may have been left over from the dust cloud that went to form the sun, or they may have originated in a Saturn-like ring that once surrounded the sun. Most of them are believed to stay far beyond the outermost planets, moving on orbits so distant that they are invisible. A few have been affected by some passing star and deflected into lopsided orbits that carry them periodically down toward the sun. These are the comets that...
...they lead peaceful lives, but a plunge toward the center of the solar system is a wild adventure. As a comet approaches the sun, its surface is warmed by the strengthening sunlight. Layer after layer, the ices turn into gas. Soon the nucleus is surrounded by a rapidly growing cloud, of gas and dust boiled out of the solid nucleus. This cloud, the comet's head, may be many thousands of miles in diameter. It is so transparent that stars show through it plainly...
...Culligan, Inc. of Northbrook, Ill. introduced a new water-softener appliance by setting up giant faucets with running water outside assembly halls at eight regional sales conventions. Inside each darkened hall, a single spotlight fell on a stage curtain which parted dramatically with an explosion and cloud of smoke to reveal the new gadget. The shows cost $35,000. But they were worth it. They netted $1,000,000 in orders...
...film's color photography is top-notch, with a great feeling for artistic effect, yet sometimes the cloud and storm sequences seem far over-dramatic. The sheer color and magnificence of the scenery is one of the major strengths of the film...
...Thompson is amusing, too, though she can hardly take over the screen as she does a nightclub; and the Paris backgrounds are nice to look at. The real trouble is that crazy mixed-up script. By the time Hepburn and Astaire drift off in a cloud of doves, the spectator may find himself wishing that one of them was a pigeon-the kind that delivers the message...