Word: rescuers
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...Arthur, read humanity; for knights, read riders. The sun still flames and the webby wheels still flash; the procession grows longer every day. For an increasing number of Americans, the bicycle has become the Great Rescuer - and the only first-class transportation left to humanity...
Stunned, Captain Gilberto da Silva gave a rescuer his tie. "I won't need this," he said. "I am going to die." He was wrong-though he was seriously injured-and authorities at week's end were anxiously awaiting his report. Early speculation was that the fire had started in the rear toilet section of the aircraft, possibly from a short circuit. If the pilot could have kept the plane airborne for only 90 seconds more, said Orly officials, their fire equipment might have quickly doused the flames and saved many lives...
...Barely touching on the newer possibilities, it reaches into silent comedy's vaudevillian traditions for many effects and gags. Then after his chair has been moved, or accidentally substituting soap for his neighbor's cheese) is just one mark of his genius. We know that he'll flip his rescuer into the water as he struggles to get out, and we laugh uproariously anyway. Chaplin brings off new twists in a drunk scene and plays those familiar cliches with such finesse that we have to love...
...ANADA. Paula Pritchett radiates a constant yet unmeditated seductiveness that drowns her rescuer in uncontrollable yearning. Kadar has exploited her dazzling beauty--and it is extraordinary--to project an indefinable combination of passivity and centripetal power. Reflecting the nuances and unsettling suggestions of the narrative, the camerawork moves from clear undisturbed landscapes to introspective shots of the mist-covered Danube. The symphonic soundtrack is occasionally over-dramatic, but mostly, it serves to reinforce Kadar's carefully composed ambiguities...
...other states, it holds that one who voluntarily aids a person in distress is not liable for damages unless gross negligence is involved. Although some European countries (including Soviet Russia) have laws making a rescue attempt mandatory, the English common law traditionally rejected compulsion; instead, it made the rescuer responsible for mishaps caused by his negligence. Thus in 1966 a Georgia court ruled that the owner of a private swimming pool had no duty to rescue a drowning child. On the other hand, in 1962 a Wyoming traveler who tried to herd some cattle off the road to avoid...