Word: drabs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Tanaka has certainly awed Japanese voters. But once the euphoria over the Chinese rapprochement fades, his government will be under pressure to act as well as talk on pressing problems; among them are pollution and a generally drab style of life. For the moment, however, most Japanese are betting that, as Novelist Masaharu Fuji says, perhaps wishfully, Tanaka "might really do something out of the ordinary...
...General" for his ramrod-stiff posture. The four men?two undercover narcotics agents, and the two "connections" whom they had been trying to nail for four months?wasted no time. The agents opened the trunk of the Cadillac and showed the Chinese the contents of an olive-drab attaché case inside: $200,000 in $50 and $100 bills. Then the General led one of the agents off on a meandering excursion that ended up in a Chinatown sportswear shop. There it was the agent's turn to inspect the wares: a cardboard box packed with 14 plastic bags containing...
Large-diameter radar dishes that oscillate rapidly stand out among the drab one-story buildings and chainlinked fencing. Americans working at Koka are even more tight-lipped than usual in answering queries about the base's functions. The same is true of Bangkok officials...
...Chiangmai Airport the US Army maintains a telephone relay station which consists of two olive drab receiving-transmitting dishes and a number of trailers and support vehicles. There are approximately tea of these stations throughout Thailand and they make possible a military-police telephone system...
...sets. Most ranged from dull to ugly. Surely something more can be done than simply using two screens for a backdrop. The best staging was of the Commendatore's return and the Don's descent into hell. Costuming was colorful and functional, but could not offset the drab backgrounds...