Word: agent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...damn well get that thing done, but fast' 15: 'Now who's going to talk to him, Colson?' 16: 'We have no choice.'"--and Nixon twisting that jowly face of his, looking more and more like what we always though he was best-suited for in life--an insurance agent, or maybe a successful ad account executive for someone like J. Walter Thompson as so many of his assistants were, pushing Colgate and Pringles and J-Wax Kit. That was perhaps the one thing Nixon understood, at least after 1962--that what counted was to sell yourself, to make yourself...
...taking the stand and in effect admitting he had passed on information (Lee so far insists that he is innocent). Boyce was apparently hoping he could win the sympathy of judge or jury by relating how he became a spy. The defendent told how his father-a former FBI agent -had helped him get a job at TRW, a big California defense contractor. With a "top secret" clearance, he began working in the communications "vault," where he supervised the highly classified communications between TRW and CIA headquarters in Langley...
...They are familiar with the telltale habits of their quarry. Most aliens are hungry, dirty, and walk with a nervous gait. Their clothes may betray them. On the wall in Lomblot's office, a big picture frame encloses types of Mexican and American shoe heels so that an agent can tell the difference at a glance...
Died. Milton (Gummo) Marx, 84, the fourth of the five Marx Brothers; in Palm Springs, Calif. Gummo appeared with his zany siblings only during their vaudeville days. He joined the Army during World War I, then manufactured dresses in New York before turning Hollywood agent for his brothers. The surviving Marx Brothers are now Zeppo, 74, and Groucho. 86 (see PEOPLE...
...film and subconscious that creates a new realism." Films are political, yes, but they cannot be dogmatic. Fassbinder is interested in pointing out injustices, in making people realize their politics. ("Nothing is to be gained from beinga Marxist; it's worth everything to become one.") Film is a transformative agent...