Word: plot
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Companion to the spreading idea of economic progress, of course, is a feeling of social unrest. For when people begin to move, caste barriers must crack. In one village, a high caste Brahman protested against a former untouchable's building a mud but on the adjacent plot of land. But the Development Commissioner, with a certain toughness in his voice, reminded the Brahman that untouchability was now unconstitutional...
...presidential figurehead job only because of Naguib's immense popularity in the streets. Since then, Nasser has felt increasingly confident of surviving without Naguib's prestige. Last week Nasser saw his chance, when a Moslem Brotherhood leader testified that Naguib had prior knowledge of a recent plot to kill Nasser...
Real-Estate Juggler William Zeckendorf is a man who likes to "turn peanuts into bananas." Last year, hoping to turn the trick again, he started work on a $35 million hotel and department-store center on a vacant plot in Denver. He soon ran into trouble. The plans called for a 1,000-car underground garage, but when Zeckendorf's Webb & Knapp engineers started taking core samples, they found a 65-ft. formation of blue clay, sand and rock that would have to be excavated at a cost of about $3.000,000. Bill Zeckendorf told his men to keep...
...have a bunch of men pretend they are drunk, another man pretend he is a dangerous criminal, and a woman pretend that she cares what the whole bunch is doing. Unfortunately, someone forgot to add funny lines to the script and was misled into believing that a ridiculous plot is the same as an amusing one. The result is unbearable...
...whole, The Golden Coach fails because it spends too much time concentrating on Miss Magnani and not enough on the plot and the rest of the cast, most of whom are excellent. But as a background for his star, M. Renoir has also created a lavish spectacle of costumes, sets, and fine color photography. These elements are expertly combined to produce delightful splashes of color. There are some people, however, who feel that they can get all the color they want by watching a sunset, and who look for something else on a movie screen...