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Word: painstakingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...their politics. There is a bitter, continuously frustrated campaigner against the war (Kathleen Nolan), a vociferous, tirelessly anti-Communist booster of the military effort (Katherine Justice), and a neutral, who nevertheless gets a little queasy when shown some scenes of maimed North Vietnamese children (Kate Jackson). The movie is painstak∎∎ing in its refusal to take any kind of stand at all, other than a rather strong suggestion that war plays hob with hearth and home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Quick Cuts | 2/12/1973 | See Source »

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