Word: fashion
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...convincing. "He takes the current myths for solid facts," says one character about him. "It never occurs to him that the Oedipus complex really doesn't exist, that it is a piece of moralistic literature. He's as orthodox as your own father, Marjorie, in his fashion . . . making a life's work out of being dogmatic, clever, supercilious-and inwardly totally confused and wretched...
...snare drums and a fifelike tweedle, the Texan (presumably) chorus chants about the girl back home. The tune, which comes from the Civil War, is so appealing that it has risen to No. 3 bestseller in a few weeks. Perhaps march tempos will replace the rock-'n-roll fashion...
...Army's Bell XV3 Convertiplane, a winged aircraft that can alternate between vertical and horizontal flight, made its first flight at Fort Worth, Texas. The plane made only a partial test, ascending helicopter fashion to a height of 20 ft. Powered by two rotors that can switch from vertical to forward position in 10 to 15 seconds, the plane combines a helicopter's maneuverability with the speed (Convertiplane: about 175 m.p.h.) and range of fixed wing aircraft...
...financial instability in the U.S., the overdraft in London is a sign of strength. The larger the overdraft the greater the confidence the bank has reposed in its client. To go to the moneylender is a virtual admission that one is not trusted and has poor credit. In this fashion, Britons-notoriously acute bankers-have happily muddled along for centuries. No responsible Briton is exposed to the shock experienced by the American who overdraws: to . have his check marked "Insufficient Funds" and ignominiously bounced, his account stiffly fined...
...broader, slapstick way, Fernandel in Sheep takes on the tricky business of multiple roles, after the fashion of Alec (Kind Hearts and Coronets) Guinness. Separately, and in some technically flawless group scenes, he plays Papa Saint-Forget, a crippled, bitter old vintner, and five quintuplet sons, Alain, Bernard, Charles, Désiré, and Etienne. The episodic action begins in Trezignan, a French village where some 39 years before the film begins, Papa Saint-Forget, wanting a daughter, has become the unhappy parent of the five boys. In an effort to revive the prosperity that was Trezignan's when...