Word: cow
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Texas Across the River, on the contrary, shoots its cliches straight from the hep. The main characters are prairie prototypes, comically mugged. The hero (Dean Martin) is the bunkhouse bum: tall in the saddle, low in the brow, pronounces cow in three syllables, thinks "ideals" is what a man says when he picks up a deck of cards. The heroine (Rosemary Forsyth) is Pioneer Womanhood: wears what looks like gingham by Givenchy, stands behind eyelashes a prairie owl could roost on, pronounces cow in four syllables, passes for a lady in a country where census takers count feet and divide...
...Cowboys. "When I joined this club two years ago, nobody did anything but jeer at us. If there was a crowd waiting at the airport when we returned from a game, we figured they had ropes." To day, a huge electric sign in downtown Dallas proclaims, HOME OF THE COW BOYS - WORLD'S FASTEST TEAM, and in the Cotton Bowl last week 80,000 fans turned out to watch their heroes beat the Cleveland Browns 26-14 for their eighth victory of the season (against two losses, one tie) and take over first place in the National Football League...
...four ministers were moved to different jobs, and in the process she rid herself of a portfolio that she had inherited unwillingly two weeks ago. It was the important Home Ministry, from which she had removed Gulzarilal Nanda for his failure to block the violent Hindu demonstrations against cow slaughter that recently erupted near Parliament. Now she passed the powerful post to Y. B. Chavan, 53, the former Defense Minister. In so doing, she also created a powerful potential rival for the future...
...Downed Cow. Apparently aware of what was going on, the Cabinet of Prime Minister Abdullah Yaffi summoned Acting Intra Chairman Najib Salha and asked whether he could personally guarantee Intra's balance sheets. He said he would check, but when he returned to the meeting with an affirmative answer, he was barred forcibly by an armed guard. While he futilely shouted protests from outside, the Cabinet adjourned without the guarantee. The next morning the bank was broken...
...interested buyers include France, Russia, Kuwait and even Stavros Niarchos. Intra, in short, claims it could open tomorrow if it were allowed to. Despite a heavy dose of press criticism, Yaffi's government is going slow. "We are working hard," says Intra's Salha. "But when the cow is down, the butchers get out their knives. It is difficult going...