Word: robustness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fact, only pleasantly robust. His stomach expands like a beautiful hyperbola. His voice is loud and clear, with a curiously nasal effect. His hair, though it has receeded, is a strikingly handsome combination of silver and gray. For a man who officially entered politics at the age of 21 in 1936 (as a delegate to the state Democratic covention) and suffered two defeats before finally winning elective office, Alfred E. Vellucci looks like he's enjoyed every minute of the game...
...official talks. Things went surprisingly well, though a mismatch of menus laid canard Rouen on Guest Harold Wilson's plate for both lunch and dinner one day, first at the Elysée and then at the Quai d'Orsay. Unruffled, Wilson declared the conversations "outspoken, robust and constructive," and a smiling De Gaulle let it be known on his part that he had been considerably impressed with Wilson's intellect...
Wilson was outspoken about Britain's determination to defend the pound, and bluntly said that anybody who thought his upcoming budget message would announce devaluation was a "nut case." Inevitably there was robust disagreement on Viet Nam. Wilson, despite thunder on his left in Parliament for instant negotiations, is adamant about supporting Washington's Southeast Asian policy, while De Gaulle wants negotiations as soon as possible. As a result, explained Wilson afterwards, "we did not waste a lot of time arguing about it." The Common Market got even shorter shrift, since Wilson and the Labor Party want...
Peter Brooks, as Wake, gives an admirable performance as the perplexed, Peter Sellersish student, although he appears to tire near the end of along, arduous part. Andrew Cohen, as Jean, is a little too robust for a senile poilu, but effective nevertheless. James Pike's underplaying as Samson contrasts nicely with the extravagant gestures and postures of Elizabeth...
...venture show up again and again as he describes his pilgrimage through the film industry: "I botched my first script and lost my job as a writer... I was lucky enough to get a job in deRochement's cutting room... I wrote five more scripts, none of them commercially robust enough..." Roemer doesn't apologize for his failures any more than he discounts the force of ambition--"I never realized until I was at Venice how much I wanted to be successful. Until then I thought only that I wanted to make good films...