Word: beholding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...weaknesses of National League batters is so detailed that Giants Catcher Tom Haller never even bothers to go over the opposing line-up before a game. His stockiness (5 ft. 11 in., 190 Ibs.) belies his agility and grace. Marichal's overhand pitching motion is wonderful to behold: rocking back, kicking his left foot high above his head-higher than any other pitcher in memory-he seems almost, for an instant, to be suspended on strings. Then, in one bewildering blur, he sweeps forward to release the ball, often so violently that he staggers sideways off the mound. That...
...sailed from the U.S., Evangelist Billy Graham, 47, had ticked off quite a list of sinners inhabiting his native land: "The beatnik, the rebellious youth, the price-rigging executive, the draft-card burner, the pregnant high school girl, the dope addict, the bribed athlete" and a host of others. Behold, things didn't look any purer to Billy when he arrived in London to begin a month-long crusade. "To read the papers and magazines, you would think that we were almost worshiping the female bosom," he said at a news conference. "The danger signals in both America...
...Behold! bad and unwholesome butter is served out unto us daily...
...Then arose Asa, the Scribe, and went unto Belcher, the Ruler, and said, 'behold, our butter stinketh, we cannot eat thereof: now, give us, we pray thee, butter that stinketh...
...moment. Leslie Caron perfects her crying technique, the one where she ever so emotionally quivers her upper lip over those embarrassing buck teeth and turns bravely liquid. Alain Delon's limp wrist isn't quite that of an underground leader and Kirk Douglas's General Patton is something to behold. About the only activity for the audience (aside from falling asleep) is identifying the innumerable faces that appear in cameo roles throughout the film, but perhaps most sterling of these is Anthony Perkins as an American soldier (no kidding). Poor Mr. Perkins dreamed of seeing Paris (he nearly...