Word: grab
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...good enough to sit here and try to put out fires from day to day. I wish we had more time for constructive thinking for the long run." As he explained the current crisis: "The Pathet Lao attacks in the Plain of Jars represent a flagrant land grab. We don't intend to see the whole country gobbled...
...champagne was enough to insure the audience's good humor, but the critics could scarcely express their discontent. "A tasteless hodgepodge," said the Times. "A grab bag of cheap tricks," grumbled the News. Poor Kostelanetz- he did the noble thing, but he did it badly. He had tried to elevate the pops concert to a level beyond simple, forgettable amusement. With the response he got, he no doubt wishes he had stuck to schmaltz. But the Philharmonic's program for the rest of the 20-concert series includes much that is seldom performed and deserves attention. The credit...
...directed by its star, Laurence Harvey, this film about a killer's escape from prison in Tangiers deplores the death penalty, sadistic bureaucrats, and nine out of ten cops. It adores condemned criminals and closeups. But whenever the camera can wrench itself away from Harvey's grab-bag morality and his own vulpine profile, the supporting actors prove their worth. As Harvey's brother, Robert Walker gives the kind of performance that starts fan clubs springing up, and Girl Friend Sarah Miles, an ignis fatuus personified, fills her slattern's role with a kitten...
...whistles like riot cops. But big-time basketball is both hard-nosed and tricky, and the refs did not see half of it. The secret, explained Boston's Jim Loscutoff, is sneaky hands: "The idea is to stop your opponent from gaining momentum. You can't actually grab him; you feel and let go, feel and let go, and when he starts to cut, you feel him a little longer." By the time the fourth game ended (the Celtics won it 98-95), both squads were mostly walking wounded. San Francisco's Gary Phillips...
...country so deeply in trouble that only Crown Prince Feisal, as his able longtime Premier, could bail him out. Then, when the immediate difficulty blew over, Saud sought to resume absolute power and cancel Feisal's cautious reforms. Just three months ago, Saud attempted a quick military grab (TIME, Jan. 3), which fizzled when he could not even trust the royal guard to back...