Word: onslaught
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...Friday, the first day of play, the British quickly found themselves trailing, 3-1, after losing three of the morning foursomes. The American onslaught continued unabated in the afternoon, as the British could salvage only two of the singles...
They come pouring in by the hundreds every weekend, avaricious tourists with gleams of glory in their eyes. The onslaught created such confusion and congestion in tiny Downieville, Calif, (pop. 500), that Sheriff Albert E. Johnson had to halt the frantic activity for four days last month. The cause of the stampede: old-fashioned gold fever...
...Soviet muscle flexing near the desolate Arctic Circle worries Western military officials. Warns Supreme Allied Commander in Europe Alexander M. Haig: "If you look at the current situation of strategic parity, it is evident that we are not going to be faced in the short term with a major onslaught across the eastern frontiers. We are going to be plagued by those ambiguous situations on the flanks." Says...
Talking Suicide. One of the forces driving the movement is a growing distrust of doctors. The onslaught caught many medical associations by surprise. Convinced that the Massachusetts bill would die quickly, the state chapter of the American Cancer Society did not even bother to testify at a hearing on the proposal. Only a dietitian spoke against the bill at a hearing in Arizona. Medical societies in Oregon and Louisiana ducked the issue...
Cross of Iron is Sam Peckinpah's venture into one of the movies' thriving subindustries: the big-budget, international-cast package tour of World War II. The itinerary is a bit unusual-the Eastern Front in 1943, where the German defenses are crumbling before a Russian onslaught. But within the German bunkers Peckinpah focuses on some old familiar attractions: the maverick sergeant who hates officers and war but is still a helluva soldier (James Coburn), the gutless captain who schemes to ride to glory on the bravery of others (Maximilian Schell), the worldly colonel who copes philosophically with...