Word: braved
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...streets of East Berlin, a camera shutter caught for posterity the proof that man of 1953, on city streets and against the odds, would risk everything for freedom: two brave youths fought off Soviet army tanks with stones. It was June 17-the day East Germans rose up against their Communist oppressors across their barbed-wire land, the day that showed that the Red monolith might some day crack...
...eight years as an independent movie producer, almost three of them with the backing of Columbia Pictures. Wonder Boy Stanley Kramer placed himself in the third category. He startled his competition and movie critics with such films as The Sniper, Champion, Cyrano de Bergerac, Home of the Brave, Member of the Wedding, High Noon. Some of these, and a few others (The Four poster, Death of a Salesman, Eight Iron Men), did poorly at the box office; nonetheless, each was a fine piece of craftsmanship...
...interrogator, whom he hated, into the room; the second to kill him; and the third into his own mouth, to end his life. Before he could get the gun to work, a guard heard him fumbling with the safety and sprang on him, knocking him down. "There is a brave man," said General Dean when he saw the guard later...
...personal battle with the Communists, and, although he did not know it at the time, his courage had persuaded a North Korean to choose democracy. As the questioning proceeded, Interpreter Lee became more and more impressed with the general. "I never believed a man could be so brave or love his country so much," said Lee. "His brave attitude steadily encouraged me to take a brave action which I had never dreamed of." At last, Lee decided, "I had to shake off Communism even if I was to risk my life. And every time I got frightened, I thought about...
...takes command of a cavalry regiment in an emergency. Says Producer David Weisbart: "It's a kind of an offbeat thing. The doctor's approach in most of the picture is fairly intellectual rather than physical. Of course, at the end he turns out to be brave." ¶ River of No Return (20th Century-Fox) is a CinemaScopepic starring Marilyn Monroe, who 1) wears "Tailored Levis," 2) fights off Indians on a raft with an oar, 3) sings two songs, 4) battles a wildcat barehanded and wins. ¶ King of the Khyber Rifles (20th Century-Fox), also...