Word: shield
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Black Shield of Falworth (Universal-International). After sitting through three full-color CinemaScope treatments of the Middle Ages (Knights of the Round Table, Prince Valiant, King Richard and the Crusaders) in the last six months, one schoolboy complained that he was "beginning to feel middle-aged." A weary wag some years his senior replied by recommending The Black Shield of Falworth as distinctly "the lesser of medievals." Actually, The Black Shield is better than that. In sheer athletic thwack-in the vim with which buffets are fetched and weasands slit-it is one of the jaw-jarringest things...
...Along a 4,000-mile perimeter." says U.S. General Alfred M. Gruenther, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, "we have developed a shield." But it is not enough. To fill the gap in the shield German reinforcements are indispensable. Last week in London, the allies agreed to admit West Germany as NATO's 15th member...
...will not be called back to face the censure question until Nov. 8, six days after the elections. Postponing the call until then, said Knowland, will permit the Senate to act "in an atmosphere free from pre-election tensions." Some Democrats immediately attacked this decision as a move to shield Republicans from the necessity of taking a stand on McCarthy until after the elections. But there is no doubt that the Senate will be able to exercise a calmer judgment after...
...recent years have chosen to invoke the Fifth Amendment as a means of protesting the injustice of the investigations. The ethical decision in such a choice is one which each man must make for himself. Nevertheless, we feel that an innocent man who uses the Fifth Amendment as a shield is doing himself and his cause a great dis-service. A shadow hangs over the academic world today; part of it is self inflicted. Those who testify freely are too often branded as appeasers by their colleagues. One professor, however, who gives full and thoughtful testimony will usually do more...
...Shield for Murder (Schenck-Koch; United Artists), as a moviegoer who pays close attention can probably tell, is not just a second run through Private Hell 36. The plots are almost identical, but there is one important difference. Edmund O'Brien, as the cop, goes sour for so little money ($25,000) that the audience can hardly believe it until somebody explains that he is "probably psycho." The climax comes in a chase through a swimming pool and into the girls' locker room, with the air full of hard bullets and soft flesh-a scene that may make...