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...latest tour of digging, Dr. Lehmann unearthed some of the holiest objects in the Great Gods' system. Near one of the temples, he dug up a stone base with a hole to support a large torch. On either side of it are two stone blocks. He believes that on these blocks, often described in ancient literature, stood the candidates who were about to be admitted to higher ranks of the religion. The exact rites of initiation were kept secret, but they are known to have included a confession of sins...
...Things were so slow at M-G-M that Joan Crawford, working on Torch Song, had the full use of three dressing rooms...
...cross a bright white line. Instead, dogs try to sneak around the end of the line, and, in the case of a circle, never venture inside it. "Dogs see everything in greys and whites," explained one dog expert. "A white painted line probably dazzles them like a torch shone in the face...
...Motors' modern, air-conditioned brick plant in Livonia, Mich, one day last week, the second shift had just filed in to start a normal day's work turning out Hydra-Matic transmissions for G.M., Lincoln, Kaiser, Hudson and Nash. Moments later, sparks from a welder's torch ignited an oil-soaked conveyor belt; suddenly flames leapfrogged from one drip pan to another. After that said Foreman Floyd Davis, everything "went up like a torch...
...Best (Tues. 9 p.m., NBCTV) stars Cinemactor Eddie Albert and tries to recapture the easygoing mood of the old Garroway at Large show. But the pace is slow rather than relaxed, and Eddie Albert's folksy chatter merely gets in the way of such guest performers as Torch Singer Lee Wiley, Trumpeter Louis...