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Word: biton (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...screenwriters must have discovered their prehistoric plot frozen in a glacier. Christian Biton (Jean-Claude) runs a ski shop in Switzerland. He and his buddies have a pretty good thing going, selling equipment and eyeballing the snow bunnies who fall by with enviable frequency. "I have very strong thighs," says one in a voice that could turn hard pack to slush. Smirks one of the shop boys: "Maybe you'd like to feel my pectorals some time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Uphill Racer | 3/13/1972 | See Source »

...Biton and his pal Bob (Cliff Potts) steal $250,000 from one of the resorts and stash it in a snow-covered cranny. They plan to retrieve it in the spring when the snow melts. But an insurance investigator (Vittorio De Sica) comes around and endangers the whole operation. De Sica spends most of his time wagging his finger and laughing uproariously, for reasons that remain unfathomable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Uphill Racer | 3/13/1972 | See Source »

...night," Saadya told TIME Correspondent Marlin Levin last week, "we were sitting around in the room of my friend Charley Biton when we decided to form an organization. I suggested the name Black Panthers. We asked the police for a permit to demonstrate against lousy housing conditions. The police helped us a lot: they locked us up when we said we were going to demonstrate without a permit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Middle East: Israel's Other War | 6/21/1971 | See Source »

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