Word: midnight
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...didn't give them a chance to argue." His pretty wife, Betty, and four children have remained in Columbia, resigning themselves to fortnightly visits. They probably would not see much more of him if they moved to Washington. Dent's typical workday lasts from 8 a.m. to midnight...
...expects marathon sessions to wind up the Common Market's interim period of tariff adjustments, to sort out the thorny agriculture support-price issue, and to grant increased supranational powers to the EEC's executive and parliament. Said Rey: "If the solutions are not ready at midnight on Dec. 31, we will stop the clock and 1970 will commence a few hours later." In his opinion, 1970 belongs to Britain...
...were unnecessary, explained a succession of bartenders and bellhops, because of the numerous eager amateurs, among them single girls and divorcees drawn to the secretarial ranks of NASA and the space contractors. Liaisons often begin at "Thank God It's Friday" parties that fill the bars until past midnight, or at the frantic launch and splashdown celebrations thrown at The Mouse Trap or The Missile Lounge in Cocoa Beach...
...Well," replies his date for the evening, "there's the Godard, an old Fellini, the new Truffau'-"How about something without subtitles for a change? 2001. Or The Midnight Cowboy. Or the Alan Arkin picture...
Catching Up with Theory. The director's battle with Hollywood is far from over. Recently, the associate producer of Isadora, Universal Pictures, hacked away 39 minutes without the assent of Director Karel Reisz. But for The Midnight Cowboy, John Schlesinger achieved total freedom. "United Artists didn't come near me," he boasts. And Paramount Pictures has granted Mike Nichols final authority over Catch-22. It is happily in the French tradition that the facts are finally catching up with the auteur theory...