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...NAKED PREY. In a stunning, single-minded epic of survival, native warriors track Director-Star Cornel Wilde through scenic Africa of a century ago, where menace lurks behind every fern...
Under Director Gerard Oury, Bourvil's trip follows the standard itinerary of scenic vistas and sight gags, with wayside dalliance supplied by the Italian manicurist and a blossomy German blonde, De Funès stays right behind him all the way in a green Jaguar, which is tailed, in turn, by a furtive Austin-Healey carrying members of a rival gang. Always mirthful if not memorable, and photographed in crisp showroom color, The Sucker is funniest on side excursions, particularly a sopping wet and agreeably ribald robbers-and-robbers chase among the stony nudes of the Tivoli fountains near...
...Their primary job is to develop a community spirit in the barrios (slums) and to stimulate the habit of self-help. What complicates their task is the numbing sense of futility bred by the sprawling poverty. In Caracas, for instance, innumerable tin and cardboard huts perch uncertainly on the scenic hillsides. They are put up overnight and house hundreds of thousands of peasants who flood the city seeking work and a better life. They find neither. Few make more than two hundred dollars a day, a third of which they spend on water, hosed into mud-caked ash cans from...
...Antonio, where the Johnsons were married in 1934, she turned on a new scenic lighting system for the San Antonio River, then floated down the illuminated water on a barge while crowds lined the banks and local songsters serenaded her from bridges and landings. Lady Bird cited San Antonio as a model for the beautification and preservation efforts of other American cities. "Here is a great example of what can be done," she said. "It says to every city-look around and find the individual charm, the bounty of nature, the heritage of the past with which to rebuild...
Eliot house rooms are unusually large and vary in views from the scenic MBTA yards to the oily Charles. The library is big, comfortable, and well-stocked...