Word: distress
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Seven Days to Noon (London Films). A top British atomic scientist, in acute moral distress over his work, sends an ultimatum to No. 10 Downing Street: unless the government publicly renounces the manufacture of atomic bombs within seven days, he will set one off in the heart of midday London. The discovery that Professor Willingdon (Barry Jones) is indeed missing from his government laboratory- along with a potent U.K. 12 that could fit into his small satchel-touches off a major crisis in London and a major moviemaking feat by Britain's young (37) producing-directing twins...
Except for its story, the show is very good. Sidney Stires' music is pleasant and sometimes more than that; there is one song, "Damsel in Distress," which is up to the standards of professional musical comedy. Bill Wheeling has written clever lyrics, even under the debilitating influence of the story...
...have gone through a rather lengthy and tiresome procedure through the Superior Court of Ames and the Supreme Court of Ames to correct an error on the part of Mr. Frank Hastings of Langdell and as well to recover the sum due me for the emotional and financial distress he caused me on June 16th...
...fictitious Byrnes, a concert singer, accused Hastings of upsetting him by calling him a communist, thinking he was Joseph Burns, a renowned communist singer. Byrnes also was seeking to recover for economic loss when his emotional distress caused him to leave the stage and forfeit his $1,000 salary...
...Langer's voice was growing hoarse, and his face pale and haggard. By 5 o'clock he was in obvious distress. Humphrey, fresh and trim after a midnight shower and shave, sidled up to him. "I can stay until 6 o'clock," hissed Langer. "Go get some sleep...