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Starts Wednesday: Sir Alec Guiness's least interesting film to date, TUNES OF GLORY casts him as the rough-neck unlovable colonel of a Scottish regiment in H. M. forces soon to be replaced by a tight-laced Sandhurst man. The elements of drama, yes--but precious few compounds result. Daily from...
...privileged to see the film Operation Abolition, and I believe that the whole of the film was not exaggerated. Is there any exaggeration in truth? The threat of Communism can never be taken too seriously. Many people do not realize that the precious freedoms that we cherish so deeply will be lost under this horrible plague of men's minds. Communism is not a political party, as some believe. Americans have become too complacent and unless a change is made, Communism will be victorious even in America...
...every Communist country, there is precious little the U.S. might buy that would not create a shortage elsewhere in the creaky economy. And whatever worthy project the U.S. decided to spend its zloty on would get nowhere unless the Gomulka regime was willing to make materials or labor available...
Does programed learning stick? Pro-gramers so far have precious little evidence. But in Roanoke this month, 25 of the original 34 guinea pigs were tested again, averaged 90% or better of their first scores. Psychologist Allen Calvin of Hollins College, who ran the experiment, called the results "truly striking...
Like Wet Hay. McClure's bubble-breathing experience was part of an experiment by the Boeing Airplane Co. in Seattle, which is seeking an oxygen sys| tem that will support human space travelers. Using live algae to recycle the precious oxygen in spaceships is a venerable idea, but it is far easier to accomplish in fiction than in fact. Many space-minded companies have added algologists to their staffs, but Boeing believes it is the first to keep a man alive for a full day on algal oxygen. The original air in McClure's tank would have become...