Word: eye
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...matter of national security? "My eye," wrote Safire. "During the 37 days in July and August of 1969 that some agent in earphones was illegally (as the Supreme Court later found) listening to my every word, I was writing the (sh!) President's message on welfare reform...
...promises to spend more time at home in the future. Cahill is a poky, disorganized sort of western, typical of the work of Andrew V. McLaglen (The Way West, The Undefeated), a director on whom Wayne seems to call as he might summon a foreman to keep an eye on his ranch. There are a great many saddle-sore jokes but occasional nice moments too, as when Wayne buffaloes his way through a lynching party. He also spars well with the kids, and he invests an absurdly sentimental recollection of Cahill's dead wife with enough rough dignity...
...Fred is an aging hoofer who is persuaded to come back to co-star with Cyd Charisse in her stage debut. Nanette Fabray is completely obnoxious, but the irascible Oscar Levant consistently manages to upstage her. The highlight is a dance number with Astaire as a private eye and Charisse as the sleazy streetwalker in distress. Lots of good songs, and a plot so old that you just have to love it. Channel 3. 9:00 p.m.--The Battling Bellhop. The two premiere tough-asses of all time meet in a tale of fighters, dames, and lots of money. Edward...
...them would win a supply of four beef filets weekly for a year. Similar scenes occurred at Thom McAn openings in Dallas, Roanoke, Va., and South Bend, Ind. In St. Louis, three banks were attracting lines of new depositors by promising each of them a poke of rib eye. Juicy bovine slabs were joining Waring Blenders and Miami Beach vacations on America's list of treasured giveaways...
Japan's Konosuke Matsushita, a peasant's son, built one of the world's largest companies by following his instincts. One of the shrewdest hunches came in 1940, when an aristocratic young banker caught Matsushita's eye. The gregarious businessman was so impressed with Masaharu Hirata that he not only arranged for him to marry his only daughter but also adopted...