The USS Iowa's No. 1 gun turret had a misfire in one of its 16-inch guns shortly before the battleship's No. 2 turret exploded on April 19, killing 47 sailors, a survivor said.
Several of the letters-come-to-life misfire, and it's hard to take the personal problems of the young hero seriously.
And not just for a British film industry rejoicing in two meagre openings this month: one a cartoon about a frog working for British Intelligence (sic), the other a two-year-old arthouse misfire (see below).
Should another misfire happen in 1988, the constitutional situation remains clear.