Word: blares
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...gingerly pluck parts of the costume from the frame of a stately brunette. She finally helps by sliding out of her black lace teddies unassisted, but it is all done in the brightest of spotlights and to the accompaniment, not of the traditional tummy-tossing tomtom beat but the blare of a stage band's pseudoprogressive jazz. It only seems like old times...
...again in this capable cinema adaptation, is sure to touch the spectator's heart. Unhappily, the answer to the question hits the customer in the kisser like a supersaturated crying towel. But to some extent the performances make up for the plot. Gleason has the loud uncertain blare of a tinhorn who can't face the music. Julie Harris, as a U.S. Employment Service counselor, suggests with diffident charm that the U.S.E.S. of adversity can sometimes be sweet. And Quinn, though his dese and his dose and his freeform nose get tiresome after awhile, nevertheless gives a heartfelt...
...blare of a brass band, Teddy marched up and down Massachusetts. His right hand grew half an inch with all the hearty handshaking. He clapped men on the back: "How are you, buddy?" He reduced the women to squeals of delight with his rugged good looks. He was able and eager to dance an Irish jig when the occasion demanded. He spoke of the issues in stern, confident tones. He campaigned unabashedly on the claim that his influence would be felt in Washington on his brother's New Frontier. His slogan: "He can do more for Massachusetts...
CONFLICT, by Robert Leckie (448 pp.; Putnam; $6.95). In this first full-scale history of the Korean war, former Marine Robert Leckie dramatically reconstructs the bloody, bitter battles of a frustrating war. He brings alive the shock of the North Korean invasion, the "bugouts" of terrified G.I.s, the blare of Chinese bugles in the night, the quiet heroism of soldiers and marines dying on nameless hillsides in an alien land. Like many another marine. Leckie has a low opinion of General Douglas MacArthur, whom he charges with making a fatal mistake in splitting his forces for the dash...
Urban man lives with a hum always in his ears. During his working hours, he is subjected to the distant noise of traffic, the whistle of the air conditioner, the hum of the fluorescent lighting. At home, the washing machine and the dishwasher rumble, radios blare...