Word: missed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...just explained, I do not consider him guilty of this charge, because he did not cause the injury, he did not drive the car off the bridge. Judge Boyle concludes that there is probable cause to believe Mr. Kennedy operated his vehicle negligently, thus contributing to the death of Miss Kopechne. Again--not guilty: He was not operating the vehicle at the time of the accident. I cannot, therefore, point out guilt on the basis of a crime committed, of a law of the land broken. And it is not for me to weigh and presume final judgement of fault...
...named Enoch L. Stamey, 38, could see his breath in the cold night air as he waited for a limousine to take him up to Woodbridge, Conn. In the building, Edythe Bull, an energetic, 72-year-old nature lover and retired research director of Keep America Beautiful, had just missed her limousine to Wilton, Conn., where she was meeting a friend with whom she was about to embark on a trip around the world. They were looking forward eagerly to taking an elephant-ride in the Himalayan Mountains. Resigned to a wait, Miss Bull bought a limousine ticket from Edgar...
...Kettle (Charles Repole) and Elsie Darling (Virginia Seidel), have just got married to two very tall and stuffy people, Georgina Kettle (Spring Fairbank) and Percy Darling (Nicholas Wyman). Precipitately, the foursome is separated as the two short people sail on a Hudson River excursion liner, and the tall people miss the boat. The couples reunite at the upriver Honeymoon Inn, where the explanations get hot, long and sticky, tempers get short, and the fun gets frantic. Among the funsters is a voice teacher (Travis Hudson) who resembles Margaret Dumont of Marx Bros, film renown...
...language of the film speaks for itself. Its words belong to the man on the street; its tempo gives the movie the balanced, quick paced, one-liner feeling of a fight. The characters in Rockycan't ever say exactly what they mean--they choke their subject or miss the mark, shooting straight from the hip--but in their very inarticulateness their funny, everyday struggles are revealed...
...TAKING OF MISS JANIE. Playwright...