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...before the echo of London's V-E day celebration had died down. Along with her sister ship, the Parthia, to be launched in November, she had been rushed to completion in less than two years. She represented Britain's shrewdest hunch on what it takes to cop the postwar ocean traffic...
Senate guards moved forward uncertainly, and one asked the Senator who was to be removed. "Whoever demonstrated," roared the Senator. Said the cop: "Well, sir, I guess that's everybody." Ferguson rescinded his edict...
...least part of Hollywood's movie community was not nearly so angry as Representative Worley. There were many, particularly among independent producers, who considered the Johnston Office's action too rash. A prolonged dearth of U.S. films, they thought, might give the British industry an opportunity to cop the home market for good...
Cause & Effect. In White Plains, N.Y., a cop handed Motorist Louis Mazaferro a ticket for speeding at 54 m.p.h.; when Mazaferro nervously dashed away at 58 m.p.h., the cop caught him and handed him another...
Chaser. In Battle Mountain, Nev., a patient cop warned Frank Pace the first time he did it, pinched him 20 minutes later when Pace landed his plane, taxied down Main Street, parked in front of a tavern and strolled in for a beer...