Word: raining
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Smalls' young crewmen dabble only halfheartedly in once cherished cutter traditions: drinking beer, chasing girls and avoiding brawls with jealous local boys who delight in baiting the wheaties. Despite the myths of wild living, the boys mostly work long hours (when it doesn't rain), eat quickly, sleep a lot and save their money, a practice made easier by the fact that the Smalls, like most employers, pay off at the end of the season in one lump sum (minus small advances given along...
...humid summer has helped the movie business as well; Marcus Loew, owner of the theater chain, used to say, "It should look like rain, but not rain." Even television is credited with doing its bit by driving people out of the house with its stale summer reruns. Perhaps most important of all, last year's string of mega-hits-Star Wars, Saturday Night Fever, Close Encounters of the Third Kind-has helped put the public back into the movie habit. Says 20th Century-Fox Senior Vice President Ashley Boone: "People are enjoying themselves. I don't know whether...
...good crime story can induce. We are caught in annoying limbo, made more vexing by the picture's occasional flashes of satirical intelligence (a brief descent into the chic drug culture of Beverly Hills, the hard cynicism of Zerbe and his associates). Finally, Who'll Stop the Rain is just another ambitious downer, a wasted effort to make something meaningful out of wasted lives. -Richard Schickel
...STOP THE RAIN...
...Switzerland. Though he had scaled the treacherous north face of the Eiger, Juge's greatest ambition was to conquer the summit of the Matterhorn. With two young climbers he reached the top, then began the 14,688-ft. descent in slippery conditions after the country's worst rain and snow in 25 years. Too tired to continue, Juge stayed on the mountain while his companions went for help. When a helicopter came to his rescue, he was already dead...