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...most spectacular feature is her maneuverability. She can spin so fast on her heel that men aboard her literally get dizzy. This agility should make her invaluable for carrying initial assault waves through treacherous coral reefs onto Pacific island beaches. More cumbersome 5,500-ton LSTs can still be used for carting in second and third waves of tanks, trucks, guns...
...visiting firemen who swarm over Broadway, it should nicely fill the bill. It spills over with good humor. It boasts a lot of good people-likably tough Singer Gertrude Niesen, likably loony Comic Jackie Gleason, pert Dancer Dorothy Keller, graceful Ballerina Irina Baronova. Its dancing has zest and spin. Its girls are good-looking, its sets handsome, its costumes stylish...
...Suddenly we saw a ragged edge, nosed up, and then boom!-the damned cloud had a rock in it. We thought that was the end and expected to spin. Instead we gained a little altitude. . . . The hydraulic system was out and we discovered a wheel was gone. . . . Then we found we had some control and [CoPilot Lieut. Cecil] Gibson agreed he was game to try to land. It took all our strength, both fighting all the way, to bring her down. . . . We knew a lot of guys in China would be mighty disappointed if the mail was lost...
Fowler gives new spin to Barrymore's overadvertised failings by making figures speak louder than words. In his first ten years in Hollywood, Barrymore earned $2,634,500, squandered almost every cent of it. A steady drinker at 14, in his last 40 years-a doctor estimated-Barrymore swallowed "640 barrels of hard stuff." Once, while suffering from extreme fatigue, he tackled a script 56 times, could never recite it through. Otherwise he was seldom at a loss for words. Good Night, Sweet Prince offers many a fresh example of Barrymore's under-the-table talk...
...Sonja Henie or Maribel Vinson. But experts rate her superior to most white amateurs and unquestionably the best skater of her race. Shy, timid and coal-black, she tried on her first pair of skates less than four years ago. Within six months she was mastering spirals, sit-down spins and stops -figures that spill many a veteran. A manager took Mabel in tow, dubbed her "The Swanee Snow Bird" because she was born in Florida, booked her at a scattering of Manhattan rinks. She learned how to dance on ice, how to skate, spin and jump on a rink...