Word: marshals
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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PRETTY POISON is a little comedy of murders full of some nice surprises: notably excellent performances by Tony Perkins and Tuesday Weld and some hard-edged satire on the current climate of violence by young Director Noel Black (31) and Co-Producer Marshal Backlar...
Stumping the Country. The unrest confronting Ayub was heightened by the unexpected decision of retired Air Marshal Mohammed Asghar Khan, air force commander until 1965, to enter politics on the side of Ayub's opposition. The 47-year-old Asghar Khan has so far refused to ally himself directly with any of the opposition parties. But he is stumping the country with a campaign that calls for the release of Bhutto and demands an end to the bribery, nepotism and incompetence that he says are rampant in the government of President Ayub...
...years, Pakistan's President Mohammed Ayub Khan has ruled his country with the firm hand of a field marshal, which he is. Under his version of "basic democracy," Ayub's rule is sustained by indirect elections through a sympathetic electoral college of 120,000 educated Pakistanis. He, in turn, provides Pakistan with political stability and a steadily improving economy. But last week Pakistan's facade of political calm cracked. A would-be assassin took two wild potshots at Ayub. Student riots broke out in half a dozen cities...
Like the film itself, which was co-produced by the youthful duo of Marshal Backlar, 32, and Director Noel Black, 31, Tuesday's performance is a modest but pleasant surprise...
...than in 1964. Several thousand aroused students attended a meeting to organize a protest movement. Opposed to any strong central authority, even in their own cause, they split into small groups, and their organizational meetings degenerated into bickering over goals and tactics. The rebels might have been able to marshal more support if they had faced an unreceptive administration. But Heyns readily agreed to meet with the protesters and expressed his concern about the regents' anti-Cleaver decision-although he also warned that he would not tolerate any campus disorder...