Word: cowed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Extra Police. Justice Sinha exonerated Mrs. Gandhi of charges that she had used air force planes for campaign purposes, bribed voters with blankets, clothing and liquor, spent more than the $4,500 limit, and used the Congress Party's symbol (a cow and a calf) in an illicit religious appeal for votes. But he ruled that she had allowed Yashpal Kapoor, a key political aide, to campaign for her prior to quitting his government post. Justice Sinha, who is regarded as a staunchly non-political jurist, also found that the Uttar Pradesh state government had illegally assisted...
...half years later, I was dispatched to the Starling family farm to interview Robin, who had been winning blue ribbons for his calf, Dickv, at county fair cattle shows throughout northern New York. As I followed Robin through his farm chores--gingerly side-stepping cow manure--I noticed that he got around surprisingly well on his mechanical limbs. I had unnecessarily steeled myself for his physical awkwardness. The awkwardness I found instead was the shyness typical of any boy going through puberty...
...look at life single-mindedly and edit out the bad footage in our vision and perceptions. We learn not to see certain contradictions. For instance, we learn not to see, not to notice the stilted "legs" and mechanical arm of Robin Starling standing next to his prize-winning cow with its perfect loins. We learn to see only the blue ribbon on the animal--the badge of success--and the smile on the boy's face--the sign of acquiescence...
...anti-heroes are a kid on the run from middle-class respectability (Jeff Bridges) and his faithful half-breed companion (Sam Waterston), who seems, in his inarticulate way, to aspire to the free life enjoyed by his Indian ancestors. They begin the film as prankish, thoughtless one-cow-at-a-time rustlers. They end it in Rancho Deluxe-a prison camp-after they fail to pull off a major cattle heist. Their nemesis is the biggest, most blustering rancher in Montana (Clifton James); his name is Brown. Their undoing is an ancient range detective (Slim Pickens) who is smart enough...
...which the heroes and the victims are animals." He says that for some years he has been upset and disgusted by the enormous number of experiments carried out on animals, many of which seem quite unnecessary to him. "If you experiment to cure a specific disease, say work with cows in order to cure cow diseases. I would accept it. But many of them seem just to advance knowledge in a general way." Adams recognizes that "general knowledge" and "eventual cures" blend together in a large gray area; but he doesn't feel an obligation to prepare a blueprint...