Word: recoil
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...consciences of civilized nations must naturally recoil from the prospect of using nuclear weapons. Nevertheless, in the last resort, most of us must feel that determination to face the threat of physical devastation, even on the immense scale which must now be foreseen, is manifestly preferable to militant Communism . . . Moreover, such a show of weakness or hesitation to use all the means of defense . . . would not reduce the risk. All history proves the contrary...
Throughout the entire film there is not a break in Brando's almost magical lifelikeness. At times the audience feels it is being sucked into a painful situation that it had only intended to observe from a safe distance, and there are moments of sudden, nervous recoil. At several of the most painful points, when Brando makes a gesture almost too natural to be borne, the spectators do not dare to gasp-they giggle. There could be no higher tribute...
...Philco-Goodyear TV Playhouse had troubles both onstage and off. Last week's play, Recoil, by A. J. Russell, had a good plot (a nice guy wants to get through life without stepping on anyone, but his girl and events won't let him), an adequate cast, and uneven, but sometimes moving, writing. However, the actors had more than average difficulty remembering the words; even bright-eyed Susan Shaw, doing the Goodyear commercials, blew her lines...
...Bull's-Eye. A new, low-recoil, semi-automatic shotgun that stays on target at rapid fire without riding up was put on sale by New Haven's Winchester Repeating Arms Co. Secret of the shotgun's accuracy is a recoil chamber that moves less than one-tenth of an inch, thereby softening the kick up to 30%. Price...
Thousands of its long-established citizens as well as thousands of startled newcomers from the outlands recoil each year at the prospect of sending their own flesh & blood to the public schools. In some strata of the city's big professional, business and intellectual communities, a man not only loses face, but is likely to be considered downright heartless if he democratically consigns his offspring to a public school. Brigades of men & women who love the city for its theaters, shops and bridge-laced distances move to the suburbs each year because their young have reached school age. More...