Word: flushes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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During shooting, says Coppola, "there was a full flush of intuition that Brando fused with his technique. If a herd of buffalo ran across the set, he'd react in character." For Brando's death scene, the script called for him to cavort with his grandson in a garden, then topple over from a stroke. Brando suggested adding a little game that he played with his own children: he cut a set of jagged fangs from an orange rind and inserted them in his mouth. The result not only drew a spontaneous on-screen reaction from the child...
...members of the hated pro-Pakistan Bihari minority. The incident apparently began when some Pakistani soldiers, who had escaped capture by hiding among Bihari sympathizers since the surrender in December, began firing at refugees returning to claim their homes. Troops of the Bangladesh army were sent in to flush them out. In the fighting, at least 100 Bengali troops were reported killed or wounded, as well as an undisclosed number of civilians...
...into one day. He has always had a preternatural disregard for sleep. From the movies, he turned to aviation, where, despite having had no formal training, he proved to be something of a genius at aviation design and engineering. In 1935 he introduced the H1, the first plane with flush rivets to reduce drag, and was honored as the nation's outstanding airman by President Roosevelt. He set transcontinental speed records, then in 1937 flew a refitted Lockheed transport round the world in three days 19 hours, halving Wiley Post's old record...
Captions are also being strengthened. Headlines and captions now become "flush left" instead of centered, and the margins become wider by one-fourth of an inch. The aim is to make our pages easier on the eye. The index now will have a permanent place on page 2 so that readers will not have to hunt for it. Section headings are being placed in either color or gray bars because . . . well, because the editors think they look better that...
...industrial production soaring." The extent and quality of Japanese roads, parks and housing are far below Western standards. In Tokyo and Osaka, and other overcrowded cities many workers live in fragile wooden shacks that are crammed together in foul narrow lanes. Fully 90% of Japanese houses do not have flush toilets...