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...midst of what is supposed to be an El Paso summer. He and Van Cleef scarcely look at their victims before knocking them oft, never waste a shot, and never utter a sentence when a grunt will do-which gives the picture, despite moments of serious relief, the feverish aura of madcap comedy. For those who like an elemental western with galvanic gestures, a twanging score full of jew's-harps and choral chanting, and a lofty disdain for sense and authenticity, the film will be ideal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Western Grand Guignol | 7/21/1967 | See Source »

Strikes, like rashes, come and go, but there is a malaise in the TV industry that lingers on: the feverish pursuit of profits at the expense of public service. In a new book, Due to Circumstances Beyond Our Control* former CBS News President Fred Friendly takes the TV pulse and finds it weak indeed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Moose & the Moneymen | 4/7/1967 | See Source »

...result is a stinging book that not only documents Kiev murders but also describes in detail the microcosm of a boy's world dissolving into unspeakable and incomprehensible patterns of horror. Each day was a constant obsession with the search for a crust of bread, the feverish reading of newspapers and posted orders for fresh fiats, since a nuance missed meant death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Ravine of the Dead | 4/7/1967 | See Source »

...materialized out of a five-minute affair on a haystack. Her father is dead. Her mother, more feverish at lovemaking than at housekeeping, traipses around with an alcoholic salesman. So Jo takes a lover. Unfortunately she chooses a sailor. She winds up without a husband, with child...

Author: By Joel Demott, | Title: A Taste of Honey | 4/1/1967 | See Source »

...title refers to the roll of drums by which the inhabitants of a city under siege announce surrender; since it also denotes a feverish heartbeat, it is a handy metaphor for a romantic novel. The heart that beats retreat belongs to lovely, lazy Lucile, who at 30 has been drifting gracefully through an affair with a wealthy, fiftyish fellow named Charles. She meets Antoine, a young, intense and impecunious publisher's reader, who supplements his income by living with Clare, a middle-aged Parisian hostess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Heartbeats in Miniature | 11/4/1966 | See Source »

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