Word: bigger
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...America is now the proponderant power and the military protector of the West, Europe is striking out on its own. DeGaulle, in particular, must be understood in terms of Europe's general assertion of independence. "To DeGaulle," says Bohlen, "countries are like planets. They have gravitational fields and the bigger the planet, the bigger the gravitational field. If a small planet goes too close to a large one, it can lose control of itself. As far as DeGaulle is concerned, France is a small planet and the U.S. is a large one." Bohlen adds, "DeGaulle is not anti-American...
Mark Ritts as the hotel proprietor is so-so. He is miscast -- a bigger, older man should play the retired army bully -- and it is difficult for him to achieve the ponderous viciousness he needs. As it is, he sounds like one of those characters who stuff tin cans in their boots and go kill people. Baptistin (Joshua Rubins), his uncle, is up to his vocation: groaning in a rheumatic passion on a revolving bed which swings into view in case of a raid...
...office where he had served his apprenticeship decided against hiring him. Partly supported by his aged father, who still tends bees and olive trees in Crete, Georgakakis goes on struggling in Athens, studying tape-recorded legislation, handling a few minor cases sent to him by friends, and hunting the bigger, elusive job that would vindicate his efforts. His spirit is waning. "My dream has been to become a productive unit of society," he says. "What...
A.M.C.'s main target is the Volkswagen, which accounted for 30% of the 1.4 million compacts sold in the U.S. last year. Getting the new campaign off to a start, Chapin pointed out that the Rambler is not only bigger (six v. four passengers) and more powerful (128 h.p. v. 53 h.p.), but, "in terms familiar to every housewife, costs only 69? a pound compared to more than 90? for the Volkswagen...
Behind the harrying is an effort by South Viet Nam to get a bigger piece of the lucrative Southeast Asia air traffic - and perhaps a new jet or two for its national airline, which presently flies a single Caravelle jet and 36 piston aircraft, most of which are either obsolete or in for repairs...