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...Much of the laborious cuteness, questionable bit by bit, is so wildly preposterous that the total effect is cheerfully insane-a little as if it were possible to have a happy, harmless case of the d.t.s. The movie will undoubtedly bore some people, disgust some and delight others; but on its novelty value alone, it may make a lot of money. The mere thought of the human and subhuman labor and patience behind the entire effort appalls the imagination, let alone the intelligence...
...over 50 years, Matisse has been showering his work upon the world, and each picture, taken separately, has given some delight to some people. Have his long labors accomplished anything more than that? The answer is yes, much more, in spite of the fact that Matisse's avowed purpose has been simply to charm. He has not only enriched the history of art, but changed...
Television, always solid with sport fans, has proved that it can also score a hit with youngsters. NBC's "Howdy Doody," a lop-legged, mop-wigged puppet with a Snerdish grin, is the children's special delight...
...cherished a secret pride in his ability to handle the Führer. On his visits, he carried along maps and architectural plans in which Hitler found a childish delight. Nothing that happened in Germany was beyond or beneath Lammers' passion for detail. The prosecution last week produced a letter he had written in 1941 to Germany's Minister of Justice: "The enclosed newspaper clipping about the conviction of the Jew Marcus Luftgas to a prison sentence of two and one-half years [for the hoarding of eggs] has been submitted to the Führer...
Neither Traps nor Poison. Rats never wash, says Specialist Nicholes, and seem to delight in filth. They are generally smelly, covered with running sores, fleas and lice. In a pinch they will eat their own young-or other rats caught in traps. But when there is food, a rat somehow contrives to inform his friends, and shares generously. They never lay up food for emergencies, trusting their victim, man, to do it for them...