Word: neanderthallic
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Lieut. Stanley Poole (Darren McGavin), a hard-bitten campaigner, has been frightened out of his dimmish wits by a directive. To hold his rank, he must pass a college test; to pass the test, he is bribing the post education officer with every last field jacket and wall locker in...
So Much (Jackie Wilson; Brunswick, mono and stereo). Singer Wilson, who bears a startling physical resemblance to Sammy Davis Jr., is presented to his fans as "Mr. Excitement." The excitement consists of a bludgeoning Neanderthal style, and the package should be labeled "For Unregenerate Rock 'n' Rollers Only...
Mr. Peabody's interest in these fields came when the great discoveries about the Neanderthal man increased speculation about the origins of man, but while the great collections of North America and European primitive tools and materials could still be had inexpensively. Led more by an acquisitive instinct for relics...
Spencer Tracy plays the stranger, a man endowed with the resourcefulness of Robinson Crusoe, to say nothing of an incredible judo chop. Robert Ryan is the principal meanie, but his neanderthal sidekicks supply most of the diabolic appeal. Anne Francis contributes the moist lipstick.
Only to a Neanderthal mind would these proposals seem radical. They are, on the whole, necessary to the revival of strong government in a country which has suffered too long under a feeble executive leadership and a frequently "me-too" Congress.