Word: duck
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...budget means a tough fight with the legislature and also provides a clue as to why Rockefeller chose to announce his political intentions so early. By declaring now, he hopes to avoid being labeled a lame duck and thereby to achieve greater leverage in dealing with the legislature...
Needless to say, there hasn't been an ideal Lampoon for as long as anyone in the world can remember. The problem isn't the chronic lack of belly laughs in a typical issue; wisely deciding that Daffy Duck type humor is best left to the Brattle, Poonies have aimed for something a little more subtle. But as the latest Thanksgiving number shows, the emphasis on subtlety can go a little too far--like when it blots out anything funny...
Never the Same. And they will require it fast; damaged knee ligaments deteriorate rapidly. When he operated on Sayers, Dr. Theodore Fox, the Bears' team physician, took the "duck's foot" muscles, normally located slightly above the inside of the knee, and bound them around the ligaments for added support; Hanratty's injury did not require such drastic measures. But both men look forward to a long convalescence. Six weeks in a cast is standard, followed by months of tedious exercise. Eventually, Hanratty and Sayers will be able to play again-but how well...
...newest cigarette commercials on TV, but it looks as old as the George Washington Hills. A Marlboro-type man is seen puffing happily in a duck blind. Cut. The sound track plays Smoke Gets in Your Eyes while a Winston kind of couple revels in a shipboard romance. Cut. A Salem-style twosome, high on tobacco and each other, enjoy an apres-ski spree. How can such a splice-up of burnt-out cliches sell cigarettes? That's the point. The voiceover during the 60-second spot has been saying right along: "Cigarette smoke contains some interesting elements: carbon monoxide...
...Moravia has an eye for detail that remains unblurred. His descriptions of a visit to the Great Wall, a dinner of duck in Peking's only remaining Westernized restaurant, and the sight of Red Guards parading beside his train are fascinating and vivid...