Word: dust
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...federal building-a layout which the G.O.P. branded his Texas Taj Mahal. For all his exertions-or was it because of them?-Johnson looked in fine fettle. His only complaint was a sty on his left eyelid, which aides ascribed to too much Texas wind and dust...
...When in doubt," Director John Ford (Stagecoach) once dryly counseled an aspiring young moviemaker, "make a western." Since Hollywood has always been filled with doubt, the screen for half a century has been filled with skies that podnuhs reach fer, dust that another Indian bites, ranches that folks are meanwhile back at, and any number of 'ems that get cut off at the pass. In short, the West has produced almost as many clichés as cattle, and the quality of a western depends largely on how well the director handles the stock...
...ambitious, costly (about $350,000 per hour) new dramatic series Stage 67 has been the mail-order bride of the current season-so lovely in anticipation, so disappointing in actuality. Last week the frump finally combed her hair and put on a touch of lipstick. In a spare, dust-dry dramatization of Katherine Anne Porter's novella Noon Wine, Adapter-Director Sam Peckinpah in a single swoop revived much of the all-but-dead hope that serious drama can find a regular place in the TV schedule...
...splayed out upside down on an opulently embroidered bedspread, wearing one slipper, two fancy garters, and what used to be called a ball gown. Night Games, however, was made as a film before it could be read as a novel, so the movie, starring Ingrid Thulin, provided the dust-jacket come-on. The rest of the come-on is Mai Zetterling, a talented and glamorous 41-year-old Swedish actress who wrote the book and directed the film. A screening of it was banned for public exhibition at the Venice Film Festival by the Italians, who tend to love their...
...first play from scrimmage, the 1959 team's rushing yardage mark turned to dust. By the end of the gam,e Harvard had piled up an eight-game total of 2203 yards, eclipsing the old record...