Word: redeeming
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...compared with what the producers have done to Shalako. The film was not made in the wild West but in southern Spain, and the scenery looks like mañana country. Sean Connery's Lowland Scottish accent continually leaks through his ersatz American drawl. Brigitte Bardot tries to redeem the movie by going topless-coyly and briefly-but her mascara-scorched eyes and flaccid acting make her seem as if she had gone sleepless since her last picture. The dubbed voice of that fine character actor. Jack Hawkins, limited to esophageal speaking since his operation for throat cancer...
...gold, would be the key currency. Under that arrangement, then and today, other nations value their money in terms of the U.S. dollar, which is itself valued in terms of gold. The dollar's acceptability in world finance rests on the U.S. Treasury's pledge to redeem dollars held by foreign governments for gold at an unchanging...
...backers find themselves in as election day approaches. Simply, the next great Senate foreign policy stand will probably have little to do with the conduct of the Vietnam war. It will likely center around America's arms control policy, a policy with grave budgetary implications for federal action to redeem the cities...
...HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER. By reverse alchemy, Carson McCullers' novel is turned into dross, but two outstanding performances almost redeem the project: Alan Arkin as a poignant deaf-mute and Cicely Tyson as the embodiment of the slogan "Black is beautiful...
...HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER. By reverse alchemy, Carson McCullers' novel is turned into dross, but two outstanding performances almost redeem the project: Alan Arkin as a poignant deaf-mute, and Cicely Tyson as the embodiment of the slogan "Black is Beautiful...