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Gina is cast as a peasant girl of the Abruzzi mountains, a sort of cross between Lady Godiva, the farmer's daughter and a merrily uncommon scold. The butt of some pretty rich barnyard humor as she bounces around the countryside on her donkey, Gina gives as good as she gets. Her ragged dress appears inadequate for keeping the weather out, but it lets in a lot of stares. However, a peep is all the village Toms get. Gina is in love with a local cop (Roberto Risso), and he with her. Police regulations, however, deplore such goings...
...range from short-lived disturbances, e.g., heavy sweating, trembling or nausea, to numbness and depression or overactivity, marked by joking, fast talk, an abundance of useless suggestions and activities. Occasionally, there may be physical reactions such as severe vomiting or hysterical paralysis, as well as blind panic, which is uncommon but dangerous because it is contagious. For all cases, several basic rules of mental first aid apply...
...thriller about a psychiatrist who gets involved in a plot to blow up New York City. Blowing up New York, of course, is an idea that comes to everybody in the big city sooner or later, but Author Hostovsky has worked off his urge with uncommon ingenuity. The analyst is asked by a U.S. secret agent to examine another agent who has suddenly lost his nerve on the eve of his biggest assignment. For $20,000 the doctor agrees to treat the man every midnight. All at once the analyst does a rushing (or is it Russian?) business...
...that imaginary creature, the Common Man. It is dinned into us that this is the Century of the Common Man . . . It is the negation of individual dignity and a slogan of mediocrity and uniformity . . . The imperative need of this nation at all times is the leadership of the Uncommon Men or Women. We need men and women who cannot be intimidated, who are not concerned with applause meters, nor those who sell tomorrow for cheers today...
...dotted line. Cracked a sportswriter: "Harvey acts as if the kid's first name is Fort." As a freshman, Ronnie turned in a creditable job in the classroom and on the football field. But at varsity practice this spring, Head Coach Lynn Waldorf still showed an uncommon fondness for his holdover varsity quarterback, Paul Larson, who happened to be last season's leading collegiate ground-gainer. Father Harvey filed a loud and public demurrer. His boy was not appreciated, he said. What was more, all those fine promises were turning out to be fakes, and Ronnie...