Word: hushing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...typewriter, she brought a double bounty: a visit from one of their two daughters, who had not seen her father for weeks, and some Dexedrine. At the Times plant, a small, trusted composing crew was walled off to get the story in type; many editors realized the hush-hush project was ready only when they were told that their normal Sunday news space had been...
France, which was one of the first major Western nations to establish diplomatic relations with Peking in 1964, tried to hush up the Orly incident. But the Ministry of the Interior quietly announced that Chang would be granted political asylum if he decided to apply for it. The French delicacy was probably prompted by a similar incident in The Netherlands five years ago. At that time, a Chinese delegation barricaded itself inside its house in The Hague for five months rather than submit to police questioning about the sudden death of a colleague who had apparently attempted to defect. During...
...March 14, 1972. California Congressman Paul McCloskey, campaigning against Richard Nixon's policy of unrestricted air strikes in Indochina, has just captured 40% of the vote in New Hampshire's G.O.P. primary. Hardly has a celebration begun at McCloskey headquarters when a hush falls over the room: the President appears on nationwide television announcing a total cessation of the bombing and an early date for the withdrawal of all remaining U.S. troops in Viet...
...hell, then price wars must be somewhere on the far side of purgatory. In any case, a hush-hush record sale has touched off a stampede at the Harvard Coop this week...
Indeed this may be one of your only chances to see Lylah Clare, even though this picture dates back only to 1968. Robert Aldrich (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte) financed this film from the profits of his immensely successful Dirty Dozen, probably because no studio would put up the money; MGM finally distributed the movie-but Lylah died a quick critical and box-office death, thereby insuring its banishment to quadruple bill drive-ins during leap years. It's a shame, for this saga of Hollywood is one of the most personal and intriguing American...