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...real trouble with the Russians, the President told Krock, is that they are still suffering from a complex of fear and inferiority where the U.S. is concerned. If a campaign had not been in progress in 1948, he would have sent Chief Justice Vinson to try to straighten out Stalin and the other Russian leaders on this and on our real intentions. Maybe that will be the thing to do some time. But in nothing must we show any sign of weakness, because there is none in our attitude...
...Greene has not used the theater as a soapbox. He has successfully presented a complex problem without long, impassioned speeches; his dialogue is terse and understated. Voices are raised only four or five times during the evening. And time is taken to give a complete picture of the characters' lives. This leisure may annoy those theatre-goers who expect rapid exposition and geometric relevance of every line to the ultimate "point" of the play. But the play would be much less powerful if it were otherwise. For example, it is important that the emptiness of the major's marriage...
Roosevelt meant his speeches to be listened to; with their ear-catching slogans, their thrusts at old opponents, and their frequent oversimplifications of complex issues, most of them do not stand up very well in print...
Anthony Quinn, as Stella's animal-like husband, has a less complex part to play. He mirrors this nature faultlessly in a lumbering gait and heavy voice. His elemental character is complemented by the similar temperament of his wife. Played with calm and comprehending dignity by Mary Walsh, she becomes a genuine human being who can do nothing to help one whom she loves...
...surface, the temperature stands at something like 20 million degrees centigrade. Under such extreme conditions all atomic particles are in violent motion. The nuclei of ordinary hydrogen (single protons) zip around with enormous speed. They jostle one another and slam against other nuclei -smashing some and joining others. A complex chain of reactions takes place involving carbon and nitrogen, but the final result is the fusion of hydrogen into helium...