Word: polishes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...arrived at the Air Force Academy to take over as commandant of cadetsput there, it turned out, to represent the four Communist MIGs Robin had shot down over Viet Nam. As for that other fighter pilot's badge-the one the brass told him to polish off with a razor because cadets can't wear them -he may not have been the only one inconvenienced. Reported Olds: "I've heard a rumor the cadets had got hold of 3,000 false mustaches...
...changed the world by changing people's attitudes," says Polish Director Roman Polanski (Knife in the Water). "When they are born with a TV set in their room-well-you can't fool them any more." Or at least, it might be added, not in the same way. Director Richard Lester, who got his start on TV, believes that television's abrupt leap from news about Viet Nam to Corner Pyle to toothpaste ads expands people's vision. "TV is best at those sudden shifts of reality. TV, not Last Year at Marienbad, made the audience...
...four moviemaking Warner brothers and financial boss of the company until 1956; of cerebral hemorrhage; in Miami Beach, Fla. "Pictures," said Abe to his brothers one day, "ought to be a pretty good business to be in." So in New Castle, Pa., in 1906, the sons of a Polish immigrant butcher bought themselves a nickelodeon theater and by 1917 were cranking out their own silent films, soon moved to New York and then to Hollywood, where the saga went on until 1956, when they sold their controlling interests in Warner Bros, for $22 million...
With 28 seconds remaining, much-heralded Polish import Richie Szaro lined up for a soccer-style 28-yard field goal attempt. The pass from center was slightly off its mark, and by the time holder Tim Carlson got the ball down, Eli Bob Seiferth had cracked through to block the kick...
...first volume, the biographer is a model of self-effacement, letting the subject tell his own story, largely through documents, memoranda and correspondence, much of it published for the first time. Not once does Randolph Churchill succumb to the temptation to polish off the rough edges of a man who was mostly rough edges. The result is a fascinating, faithful likeness of a man on the way to greatness...