Word: agee
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...injured arm. Although he was clearly hurt in the line of duty for his fellow man, the Workmen's Compensation Commission turned down his claim for benefits. The state supreme court, however, was more sympathetic. It ruled that in the turbulence of the machine age, what DeNardo did was "a permitted act" and he should be paid compensation, the full amount to be later determined. Right...
Mashford's militia. Term of derision for recruits who have joined the government army since draft age was raised to 59 this year; Mashford's is a well-known Salisbury funeral home...
...wife and his children, who range in age from six to 15, walk miles through Salisbury each day selling vegetables. He guards the living space and grows bitter. "They come around now telling us to go back home, we are free, the country belongs to the Africans. But the guerrillas still have guns. The war will never stop, and whoever says we're safe is a liar...
...Company's Suzanne Somers has been one of the leading jiggleos. But now the sensuous half of the feminine two-thirds of Three's Company wants to act seriously. Somers is in London's Wembley Stadium shooting Yesterday's Hero, the story of a veteran British footballer fighting age and alcohol. In the female lead, she is a hip rock singer. The role is certainly more fulfilling than her only previous feature film credit, a wandering blond in American Graffiti whose one line was a wan "I love...
...impression is of sheer confidence. The black and white carries an air of nostalgic romance, and it suits Allen's character in the film, who has, as Woody says, "the poignancy of age. He raps contemporary mores. He's clinging to Gershwin, the music of the past and to black and white." Beyond that, Allen lets long scenes play without break. The camera often just sits on its haunches and stares, without even a close-up or a reverse angle intruding. Variation comes from movement within the frame; sometimes, in fact, the actor moves right out of it, keeps talking...