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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Viet Nam is no place for the traditional American rifleman, who prides himself on long-range sharpshooting and an unerringly steady hand. Though infantrymen do get some chances for this, most firefights occur at ranges of 50 ft. or less, in dense jungle that offers only a fleeting glimpse of the enemy. To hit so elusive a target requires "instinct shooting" of the highest order, and last week the U.S. Army was hard at work honing that instinct in its infantry trainees-using, of all things, Daisy BB guns...
...mean continued strife for the entire Middle East. The Arabs are already beginning to squabble among themselves again, and some heads are bound to roll when the first shock of defeat wears off. "If the situation persists," warned Hussein last week, "there is a grave danger that war will occur again." That danger was illustrated dramatically by last week's Arab-Israeli clash at Suez, which quickly escalated from sporadic firing to aerial dogfights and full-scale cannon barrages...
...countries may be established through a combination of immigration and revolution, as in the U.S. and Latin America, where settlers cut loose from their colonial masters. The process may also occur through a kind of rebirth-a deliberate revival of an ancient state or civilization in a new form, often but not always accompanied by revolutionary war. Modern Greece fought for its independence from the Ottoman empire partly in the name of its ancient, glorious incarnation, and modern Germany struggled for national unity remembering its identity under the Holy Roman Empire...
Rosemary and Guy, hip young sophisticates, scoff at such superstitious notions. And soon, in fact, Guy's acting fortunes are on the rise. But then, one by one, untoward events happen: a ghastly suicide, a sudden blindness, a paralytic coma. Dark signs and otherworldly hints occur: black candles, "tannis root" or Devil's Fungus, missing articles of clothing...
...plot can get off the ground, two dastardly schemers (Lionel Jeffries and Terry Thomas) bet millions that the trip will fail, then try to sabotage the rocket for insurance. Only after some circuitous antique-automobile and bicycle chases and other mandatory sequences for period comedy does launch time occur-accidentally sending Jeffries and Thomas to the moon. Upon landing they learn that they are not alone: the Czar's men have arrived first...