Word: heat
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Army engineer's worst enemies in Viet Nam are sand, heat, rain and the Viet Cong-in that order. Sand sifts into the clutches, bearings and grease seals of vital construction equipment that is needed 20 hours a day, seven days a week. The days are so hot (sometimes reaching 125°) that concrete must be poured after dark. The muggy, rainy tropical climate silently, incessantly erodes everything from spanners to cranes. And there is the ever-present threat of Viet Cong snipers or a full-scale enemy attack...
...concentrate on space (Mercury and Gemini capsules), has stepped up production of its dazzling F-4 Phantom fighters for the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marines, and the British. It is also developing an infantry antitank rocket and rebuilding an original Gemini capsule for reuse with a new heat shield in the manned-orbiting-laboratory program...
...Plastic is the material of the present, of the future," says Vivier. He swears his plastic shoes won't cut or heat up the foot (there are tiny airholes along the arch). In fact, he sees the new plastique as an engineering feat: "Nothing is more flattering. These shoes lengthen the foot, make it look narrower, and even seem to make big feet look smaller...
...Heat, thirst, mounting casualties and mutual distrust corrode the men's nerves, and the dialogue provided by Scenarist Lukas Heller is full of sting. Producer-Director Robert Aldrich, cool as a vulture, all but dawdles over these verbal wounds, as though choosing his victims for the violence to come. The shocks occur when least expected, notably in the delicate prologue and grisly aftermath of an encounter with a band of Arab cutthroats. An occasional wheeze of sentimentality, even a needless mirage sequence featuring Dancer Barrie Chase, are minor lapses. Most of the time, Phoenix flexes its muscles...
...motion and its heat maintains...