Word: knothead
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...story containing a liberal, humane moral. Somehow his roles -whether as investigative reporter or up-the-organization cowboy-suit him in his maturity, as they do not most other leading men, about whom the sweet odors of Bel Air and Rodeo Drive cling. There is something of the authentic knothead about Redford...
...Fonda: here, in direct contrast to the development of a similar character in The China Syndrome, she moves from knowledgeability to vulnerability, and does it with the same winning grace. But Redford, making his first major appearance in almost four years, is in top form. He's a knothead, trying to disguise his essentially moral nature and his native shrewdness with a lot of good-ole-boy aw shucksing. There is tension, good observation and fine comic timing in his work...
...salt among you who cites Tinkerbelle's top speed as "seven knots an hour" [July 8]? I presume he would also go "up aloft," "down below deck," or "bear right to starboard." Tell the knothead that seven knots equals seven nautical miles an hour, and keep him away from the end of the dock...
...operation, inequitable as it may seem. This is cited by Navy brasshats as their side of the story. Another brasshat argument is that just because a man went to Annapolis, or has a friend on the selection board, does not prove ipso facto that he will be a knothead in combat. Another argument is that if the Navy were composed entirely of "original thinkers" it would not last long as a Navy...