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Somerset Maugham can spin a colorful yarn out of those aspects of human relations that usually lurk in literary backgrounds but rarely appear boldly as the central theme of a story. At times a bit maudlin, the English novelist has avoided stereotyped sentimentalities in "The Moon and Sixpence," and Warner's has followed faithfully with a moving cinema rendition of the tale of simmering desires and explosive emotional escapes...
...order to get closer ... to see his friend, he again turned toward the airliner. He saw he was too close . . . and made a violent turn ... to avoid a collision, but was unable to do so." The airliner went up sharply, its rudder was knocked off; it went into a spin...
...matter of fact, Harlow's attack was perfectly suited to this type of defense, for the fullback would usually take the ball, spin, and then hand it to the tailback who would throw the pass. The fact that two players handled the ball gave the hard charging Princeton line plenty of time to hurry the passer...
...walks downstairs, across a catwalk on the second-story roof and into the broadcasting studio of WRNL. Half of Richmond is giving ear when the Doctor goes on the air at 8:30 with his morning news and homily. The station people are awed by his ability to spin out a steady, mellifluous 15-minute newscast without notes or script; they are awed still more by his occasional frank admission: "You can take it easy today-there's no news of any particular importance...
...knows how Cora Hind arrived at her precise estimates, but one of her Free Press colleagues has described her method: She would "stop her car, march into a field, spin around three times with her eyes shut, and grab a stalk of wheat...