Word: convicted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fellow ex-convict from the McNeil Island penitentiary in Washington State said that Manson was a strangely passive person who would sulk if attacked rather than strike back. He tried with considerable success to get others to do his bidding: "He had a certain smile that would always get to people. He tried to hypnotize them. He always got other people to supply him with the necessities...
...faces are familiar. He has, at various times in his career, been a Texas convict on the run (The Chase), a Southern rail boss (This Property Is Condemned), a hung-up Hollywood star (Inside Daisy Clover), and the harried young husband in Barefoot in the Park -the kind of guy who looks as if he parts his hair with a carpenter's level. Yet, partly as a result of his own sense of willful independence, major stardom has eluded Robert Redford. At least until now, with two Redford films in the theaters and a third coming...
...consumer watchdogs, however, are effective. The limp performance results partly from austerity budgets and from the reluctance of many juries to convict businessmen under criminal codes. The appointees to consumer-affairs jobs frequently have little experience in government. California's Kay Valory, consumer counsel to Governor Ronald Reagan, has not testified in three years before any committee considering consumer legislation. She recently made the extraordinary recommendation that buyers shun the "very narrow" testing reports of Consumers Union in favor of the handbook of the National Association of Manufacturers...
...that he gave no unlawful orders, and that Calley misinterpreted those that were given. If Medina is charged, his lawyers might try to pass the buck upward to Colonel Frank Barker, the task force commander, who was killed after the massacre. Some observers argue that the Army hopes to convict the lowest-ranking officer who is charged in the case. All the men under him might then try to get off by claiming that they were simply following his orders, which, at the time, seemed necessary and proper in a heavily Viet Cong area...
Raquel had less fun in her celebrated confrontation with Jim Brown in 100 Rifles. She reportedly called Brown "a convict" during a tantrum in Fox Vice President Richard Zanuck's office. On location, Brown did little to smooth the situation, which took on unfortunate racial overtones. At lunch he growled at her: "Pass the salt; it isn't black." She and Brown finally stopped talking altogether. The picture was execrable. But it cost only $6 million and raked in money. Another south-of-the-border oater, Bandolero, gave Raquel the opportunity to demand of Dean Martin, "How duss...