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Word: hindmost (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...center of film production. Since the European industry was small and loosely organized, such directors as Vittorio De Sica, Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, Alain Resnais, François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard could pretty well shoot them as they saw them and let the censor take the hindmost. As a result, they made a number of fine far-out films (The Bicycle Thief, Wild Strawberries, 8½, L'Avventura, Hiroshima, Mon Amour, The 400 Blows, Breathless) that made a startling amount of money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Actresses: Birds of a Father | 3/17/1967 | See Source »

...first, sophisticated Angelenos were horrified by Tommy's rumpled appearance and taciturnity ("I am," he admitted, "the oratorical equivalent of a blocked punt"). But they quickly fell in love with his peculiar, devil-take-the-hindmost brand of football. "We'll try to do the unexpected," he promised, "the things nobody would dream that we'd be stupid enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: College Football: They're Only No. 2 | 10/7/1966 | See Source »

...BEGGAR, by F. M. Esfandiary. The injustice of justice and the crime of punishment are shrewdly displayed in this fiercely ironical parable-composed by an Iranian-in-exile-that demonstrates how the devil takes the hindmost when men play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Broadway: Jan. 7, 1966 | 1/7/1966 | See Source »

...BEGGAR, by F. M. Esfandiary. The injustice of justice and the crime of punishment are shrewdly displayed in this fiercely ironical parable, composed by an Iranian-in-exile, that demonstrates how the devil takes the hindmost when men play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Dec. 31, 1965 | 12/31/1965 | See Source »

...spring's run of films shot in Europe (Mein Kampf, Kanal, The Bridge) has been about as jolly as the" spring's run of speeches at the disarmament talks. But for viewers who can let Joe Alsop take the hindmost, the summer's imports promise to be less apocalyptic. Three new comedies for those with sense enough to come in out of the reality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Summer's Fair Fare | 6/23/1961 | See Source »

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