Word: raucousness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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While whatever is afoot in Moscow and Hanoi remains unclear, it is obvious that in the U.S. the climate over Viet Nam has changed considerably. The sharp edges of dissent have blurred a bit, and the extreme opposition-both left and right-has grown less raucous. In such an atmosphere, Lyndon Johnson should have more room to maneuver...
Unhappily, the film too often has that very effect on the onlooker. True, Michael Caine (The Ipcress File) plays the sodding little spiv with a raucous charm that makes Alfie seem more interesting than he actually is. And it is also true that the script struggles loyally to endow Alfie with humor and humanity. After the friend's wife undergoes an abortion-a scene that takes place off-camera but was only with reluctance approved by the Valenti office-Alfie stares in horror at the unseen fetus of his unborn son. The audience is clearly expected to conclude that...
Tent Peg to Tent Peg. The result is citified chaos. Campsites are packed tent peg to tent peg, and latecomers drive around for hours to find a spot. On weekends, raucous teen-agers contribute heavily to a delinquency rate -mostly underage drinking and petty theft-that would do discredit to a city of 25,000. Bumper-to-bumper traffic jams constantly bring back unloving memories of the freeways. At night, a soupy pall of smoke curls from thousands of campfires in the tent city. Cracks Camper Mike Hemel, who fled the smog and traffic of Los Angeles for Yosemite...
...weekend outings to which would-be members are invited for inspection. With more local graduates to choose from--the Porcellian is partial to Old Boston families--the club can always find a wealthy alumnus who will lend his palatial residence and spacious lawns to the club for a raucous afternoon of football and drinking, usually carried on simultaneously. Skeet shooting, bowls, or other forms of leisurely recreation are sometimes provided for the less energetic...
...little before 11 p.m., however, the blinking picked up again and was soon punctuated by the raucous blare of the Weld fire alarm which someone had triggered. All of Weld, more than a 100 students, emptied into Weld's open entrance where they were contained by proctors and a small battery of police...