Word: shock
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Some pundits have recently remarked that the impeachment of President Nixon might be too severe a shock for the system to bear. But if the charges against him are true, might not the failure to impeach him be too great a shock for constitutional liberties and democratic processes to withstand? KEN SHIGLEY Greenville...
...Shock Probation...
...grandson of ordained ministers. Since their fundamentalist sect does not allow its ministers to receive salaries, Father Ether Furnier earns his living as an engineer for Goodyear Aerospace Corp. Though the Furniers are obviously proud of their son and his success, Ether admits: "It is quite a shock when you expect to sire a gospel missionary and instead you get a rebel rock star...
...such worthies as Eric Porter, Cyril Cusack and Delphine Seyrig, give a human resonance to the film. Author Forsyth, a dealer in stereotypes, never managed that. Best of all, Zinnemann understands what the oldtime action directors knew instinctively: violence and death do not arrive in pompous slow motion but shock us with their suddenness. Yet Zinnemann's handling of violence is tasteful; it also enhances the audience's uneasiness, since it can never be certain when the Jackal will, without warning, dispatch someone who unwittingly threatens his master plan...
Watson's suggestion is bound to shock his colleagues and bring an outcry from the nonscientific community...