Word: happeners
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Consider what would happen if we didn't bomb," said Air Force Secretary Brown. "There is no doubt that it would make it a lot easier for them to move anything South." Even more important, the bombing is the American equivalent to Communist guerrilla warfare in the South. It is a way for the U.S. to keep the North off balance, to disrupt its transportation and communications networks, and to remind it constantly that it is engaged in a war of aggression it will not be allowed...
...Manhattan defendants - who also happen to be lawyers - are now exploring that very point. And for the moment, Robert G. Sheller and Daniel G. Driscoll have beaten federal tax raps by pleading emotional upset...
Back in the 1950s, Steelman Henry J. Kaiser put out a funny little car known as the Henry J. It was a fiasco that is still vividly recalled by Henry J.'s son Edgar, 58, who shudders: "I don't want that to happen again." To make sure that it wouldn't, the Kaisers have since confined their automaking to one of the most durable vehicles ever produced: the limited-appeal Jeep. Now, Kaiser Jeep Corp. is cautiously looking to bigger markets. This month it unveils a jazzy new line that Edgar, as president of the parent...
...perfect crime in this picture is described twice. First time around, the criminal (Michael Caine) confidently imagines how it will happen. A cocksure young cockney, Caine likes to picture himself as a consummate cracksman and his accomplice (Shirley MacLaine) as a dumb Dora who knows just enough to keep her mouth shut. The pair arrives in the Middle East, where Caine smoothly contrives to encounter a gullible Moslem millionaire (Herbert Lom). Flabbergasted by the girl's resemblance to his late beloved wife, the millionaire instantly invites both Caine and MacLaine to dine in his private apartments, and after dinner...
...realistic or interesting detail about the profession. In a three-hour film about racing, the name Ferrari is the only noun, proper noun, and brand name appearing that has anything to do with cars. Frequently, Frankenheimer fails to establish the location of his characters, or which Grand Prix we happen to be watching. The characters never talk about racing realistically, or speak about it on a technical plane. To them, Arthur and Frankenheimer would have us believe, racing only inspires soul-searching metaphor; Bedford says, "with a car, you can take the body off, find out what's wrong...