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Conductor Fritz Reiner whipped his orchestra through a vivid and powerful performance. Most of the singing was first-rate. But the main event, the sensuous "Dance of the Seven Veils," by red-haired Ljuba Welitch, was a decided letdown. Back from Vienna for her first appearance this season, Soprano Welitch sang in a voice as electric as ever, but as she stripped herself of her veils, it became amply clear that Viennese cooking has more than agreed with her. The irreverent Daily News found her somewhat grotesque gyrations "hilariously funny . . . She bounces...
...Letdown. The Aussies had cannily broken up this invincible pair in an earlier tournament in order, they said later, to make the U.S. team overconfident. In the match, Schroeder and Trabert did not suffer from overconfidence; they suffered from Schroeder's slipshod play. Schroeder was the only player on the court to lose his service, four times in all. Although generally considered a slam-bang player, Schroeder scored only three placements. Trabert had 17, McGregor had 19, and the indefatigable Sedgman had 24. The Aussies won handily...
...Puzzle. All this seemed like a tremendous effort to demolish news reports. It became apparent that what bothered the White House was the idea that the President had ordered the ceasefire. Truman did not want a letdown in morale either in the U.S. or on the Korean front. Nor did he want the Communists to get any idea that he was ready to try appeasement. The Communists' goal is a cease-fire without other agreements. The U.S. wants a ceasefire, plus inspection behind both lines to prevent buildups for a surprise attack, and an agreement for exchange of prisoners...
Even when Guinness is not occupying the center of the screen, there is virtually no letdown. There is no need to mention names, but the supporting players are all excellent. The situation is a trite one basically, but the decorations are what counts, and they are embellished to perfection. There is a police car chase in the best manner of W.C. Fields, a well-executed double-take ending, and a wealth of subtle English mannerisms that are consistently delightful...
...Korea fighting was at its worst last winter, U.S. civilians gave blood at the rate of 25,000 pints a week. During the summer, the rate dropped below 10,000. Two things have given the public the wrong idea that blood is no longer urgently needed: 1) the letdown in Korea during armistice talks,* and 2) the publicity given to so-called blood-plasma "substitutes." At the same time, medics in Korea have been pouring three times as much blood and plasma into the wounded as in World War II because they have found that using more of it saves...