Word: milks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...menacingly in a playground behind the unseeing Tippi Hedren in The Birds, or Jimmy Stewart wrestling with his fear in a church steeple in order to rescue his lost love at the end of Vertigo. There is Cary Grant climbing the stairs to bring Joan Fontaine a glass of milk?or is it poison??in Suspicion. There is sweet Uncle Charlie in Shadow of a Doubt musing about women in a small town kitchen as Hitchcock deftly uses light and a simple camera move to bring out the evil implications of his seemingly innocent speech...
...mounting hardships of life under Castro. Vegetables and cereals are virtually nonexistent; the monthly rice ration is 5 Ibs. per person. Russian shoes cost $90 and polo shirts $40, with such clothing considered luxury items in a society where the average salary is $100 a month."They are taking milk away from seven-year-olds," said Ramon Leiva, 33, a Havana Linotypist. Others spoke of greater surveillance, fewer freedoms and just plain boredom. "The repression has increased," noted Landa. "They ask for your ID card everywhere. They're always watching you. People are afraid to talk. There...
...supervisor of secondary education, only about 12% of the college-age population went to college. About half a century later, that figure is estimated at 45.5%. College, says Johansen, "is no longer only for the cream of the crop. In this study, we're comparing 1978 milk to 1928 cream." In 1978 as in 1928, the University of Minnesota accepted for admission any graduate of a Minnesota high school...
...unmatched by any of his rivals. But voters rejected him personally. Inside the G.O.P., Connally was too well remembered as an associate of Lyndon Johnson, accused by Republicans of being the biggest spender of them all. He even talked like Johnson. His indictment, trial and acquittal in the milk-fund case that grew out of Watergate remained damaging. His toughness, his slickness, made him seem the wheeler-dealer. And rather than run away from that image, he tried to exploit it. Says Campaign Strategist Henry Edward ("Eddie") Mahe: "That perception was so deep, we couldn't have changed...
...Goddam noise," says Sorrowful, and grudgingly gives her some milk. This is not really believable; nobody is that stingy, and nobody is slob enough to get corn flakes out of the box, as Matthau does, by sticking his paw in and grabbing a handful. It's just an actor doing a bit, and we are perfectly willing to watch...