Word: peeling
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Order & Morality. Peel away the wrapping and what lies underneath? A "new morality" and a "new class." The new morality means that "everyone works for the commonwealth rather than for himself." The new class is the Communist Party "elite," who have power but "nothing else." They are "incorruptible" and have given China honest rule at last. Above all, "the program of the Chinese Government is clearly imposed upon its people, not by force, but by forceful persuasion." Less intuitive China-watchers might wonder why this is so clear, recalling (as Koningsberger does not) the 10 million Chinese who were forcefully...
U.N.C.L.E. may end up crying aunt as Steed (Patrick Macnee) and his partner Mrs. Peel (Diana Rigg) kick up all kinds of heels on this fine British import series...
Some reactionary elements in the community have been overheard grumbling about what they called "a very filthy business" But CLEAN hopes that publicity can peel off some of the layers of local grime. The group has already received endorsements from the City Council, and even Lady Bird Johnson has congratulated them for their efforts...
...lucid, 45-page decision replete with psychiatric, legal and historical scholarship, Kaufman suggested that M'Naghten has really been out of date since its formulation in 1843, when Daniel M'Naghten tried to assassinate British Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel and killed his secretary instead. M'Naghten was so clearly out of his mind, said Kaufman, that his judges found him not guilty on the enlightened theory that his delusion of persecution by Peel had caused the act. The law's attitude toward insanity seemed to have taken an impressive leap forward...
...kilted skirt-chaser, accompanied by shamefaced Ollie through shrewdly orchestrated slapstick etudes. From Soup to Nuts is a tiny masterpiece of physical comedy, as rigorously controlled as ballet in its step-by-step demolition of an elegant dinner party by two nincompoop waiters for whom a dog, a banana peel, three whipped-cream cakes, and a lady in a sliding tiara add up to disaster. The theme of tit-for-tat destruction, a comedy cliche raised to classic stature by Laurel and Hardy, is the starting point for an excerpt from their pie-in-the-face epic Battle...