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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Strong men go mad over the lush Antinea, which is a great mistake. Under her spell, Legionnaire Aumont kills his pal in a fit of jealousy. When he in turn gets buried in a sandstorm, Antinea is left to a pulsating game of chess with the household embalmer, whose tongue has been cut out-because he talked out of turn. For determined viewers who stick it out to the very end, the newsreel may still save...
...legend of the Hogan spell cropped up at the Montebello (Calif.) Open last month. "Look at that Mangrum," said another pro. "Steady as a rock out there. He even grins once in a while. But if Hogan were in this tournament, you'd see Lloyd shake when he lit a cigarette. I'm telling you, the guy's got ulcers, and Ben Hogan gave them...
...Hogan's spell is as remarkable as the one the great Walter ("The Haig") Hagen used to cast over the opposition in the relatively relaxed 1920s, when many a champion took his golf with three fingers of whiskey...
...Done. As 1948 began, oil was so short that oilmen worried about a .return to rationing (during one cold spell, New York City had to beg oil from the Navy to keep its hospitals and schools warm). To stave off rationing, oilmen earmarked $5 billion for expansion in 1948-49 and worked as never before. Wildcatters roamed the U.S. far & wide, looking for oil in the most unlikely places...
...everyone finds this production flood a cause for cheering. Three months ago, the Federal Communications Commission called a halt to new transmitter construction (TIME, Oct. 11), partly from the conviction that the industry should get along for a while without new stations and take a breathing spell...