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In Italy not lonf long afo ago offered $100 100 $ 000 000for 000for 000for for a Rembrandt and waa was informed informedthat informedthat Informedthat that he h could take It with him by byhaving byhaving byhaving having a likened likeness of Mussolini MussoJlnI paint paint- painted painted painted - - ed over it The paint , , it ft was.xplalned wasexplained was xplained .xplalned xplalned explained . could eaiily easily be b * Washed Washedoff _ Wachedoff uhed uhedoff off without damaelne damaging the RembrandtIf RembrandtIt Rembrandt It If they fe see you with a picture pictune pic ture tune ur of n fl Duce aaid said the th dealer dealer"they dealerthey " . 'they they 5they ' will not stop youAnd you youAnd And so the art lover paid pal * tha the $100 100 $ 100 000 and had no trouble bring br1ng- br1ng br1ng1mg brint-Inc brint Inc . , - - iDe 1mg the picture Into the United States StatesWhere StatesWhere StateaWhere Where he easily washed away awaythe awaythe the painting of Mussolini Mussollnl to discover discoverIt < lscoverit It was an oil of Musiollnll MussoUnJI Mussolini MusiollnllWe ! We aakeJ asked a movie Tl Jlrectar director howsome howsome how howsome some of th th1n them acquired acquJred treat great repu reputatlons reputatione reputatlons tatlons tatione He offered this exam exam- example exampie example - ple pie A famous ( amous character actor actortn , . In one on of Us his early films 'was was ' doinga dolne doinll doing a desert scene crone In which he was to toportray toportray toportray portray a man dying of thirstThe thirst thirstThe The director tried to eet get the actor to toregister tore register ister tha the proper emotion , . , but butthe butthe butt the * terrible ham only manaced managed to tolook tolook tolaok look farcical Finally after afterrepeated afterrepeated afterrepeated repeated failure the director gavlS gave gavlSup gaveup ( avup up To get the Idea across across.however acrosshowever . bowever however he decided to t * photograph photographthe the actor a s feet throughout the th scene sceneshowing scen -showJng showJng -showing showing - - thowlne him ataceerlne staggering along alon < the thedesertdropplng thedesertdropping Urdesert desert-dropplng desert dropplng desert-dropping dropping - - droppinc one of his posse posses possesalone possesalong . slons alone after the other rirst First be bedropped bedropped b bdropped dropped his pack then his gun and andfinally andfinally nally finally hI his canteen The critlclJ critics critlclJvoted criticsvoted criticsvotad voted that scene the outstandmx outstandlDg outstanding one oneIn onein on onIn In the film fUm filmi filmiHecklers ! ! 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I ITa - The Ta MacazlBes Magazines Liberty .coops coops scoops scoopsthe . scoopsthe the field eld with a report allefinf alleging that thatNew thatNew New York school children find their theirlessons theirlessons lessons so excltlne exciting they hate going goinghome xolnhome | home when the bell rings Idon don t believe It Newsweek Newsweekstates Newsweekabates NewsweeKstates states abates that the 4th year of the war warproduced warproduced warproduced produced only one Treat great ( Allied All1ed gen generalSir generalSir tenera eral-Sir eral Sir ! - - Sir Harold AlexanderZatBo AlexanderZatso Alexander AlexanderZatso Zatso ZatBo ? How about Gen Oen Eisenhower Eisenhowerwho Eisenhowerwho Elsenhowerwho who may be FDR s . running runnint ; mate mateIn matein matIn * In Ur the 1944 1044 ! ( * Presidential race ? Sumner Welles typewriter ran away awayfrom awayfrom awayfrom from him judging by his text In InCoronet inCoronet InCoronet Coronet . . 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I I'n1e I ITha Tha 'n1e n1e The ' Purple Heart Isawarded Is awarded onb onbto onlW . ] to onl.3lto the wounded EUlott Elliott a s adveD adven adveDture8 adventurel a onl.3l onl3l Te Tetures tures ture8 turel cost co.t cot Colt . bija him 43 pcnaads pound- pound - . . . . |