Word: nervously
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...their paunches, were old but dignified. They had apparently seen the Wild One, and liked it. Even if Brando's hair was thinning they were loyally going to grow old with him. The leather pulls on their zippers were frayed, or, as in the case of the oldest, a nervous gentleman who had to be helped to his seat, they were entirely chewed away...
Before the big home-town parade through the crowded streets of Wapakoneta, Ohio, somebody asked the local hero, Astronaut Neil Armstrong, 35, just how nervous he really was when Gemini 8 began its wild yawing and rolling last month during the Agena rendezvous. Replied Armstrong, with rueful pertinence: "It wasn't any worse than some of the scares I've had driving an automobile...
...sneezed as often as every two seconds, and has never gone more than 15 minutes without the spasms that now cause pain in her nose, ears, chest and abdomen. A high school sophomore, she has had to give up classes. Jackson Memorial specialists tried antihistamines, tranquilizers, central-nervous-system depressants, narcotics, X rays, antibiotics, local astringents, hypnotism, shock treatment and muscle relaxants-all to no avail...
Pasolini's nervous, mobile camera scores great triumphs in crowd scenes, where it permits us a fascinating sense of participation, as in documentary. But it has its liabilities too. Just after Jesus is tried we see one of the disciples on an empty street, crouching against a wall. The street is still, he is still, he is alone; it is illogical and disturbing that our image of him jerks up and down...
...control. Ky blamed Da Nang's mayor, a 37-year-old doctor, who has been in office since January. Warned Ky: "Either Da Nang's mayor is shot or the government will fall." Whether so dire a threat would quell the unrest, or simply fan it, a nervous Saigon-and an anxious Washington-waited...