Word: shoots
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...miles of Jupiter's cloudtops and was subjected to an intense bombardment of charged particles from Jupiter's radiation belts. Pioneer's instruments behaved splendidly, sending back pictures and a wealth of data. When the ship finally reaches the vicinity of Saturn, where it will shoot close-up color pictures, it faces still another challenge; it may be sent close enough to Saturn's outermost ring to run the risk of being damaged or destroyed by its debris...
...commitment to Thieu and South Vietnam is unflagging. Thousands of civilians employed by the U.S. government and American corporations have moved in to unofficially perform the same military duties which our men in uniform did two years ago. The U.S. does everything for the South Vietnamese army except shoot their rifles and fire their artillery. The level of spending on military aid is still well above $1 billion annually and economic aid is rapidly approaching that level...
...were specific: "To continue carrying out your mission even after the Japanese Army surrenders, no matter what happens." After the island was liberated by American and Philippine forces, Onoda went underground with three enlisted men; one of his compatriots surrendered in 1950, and the other two were killed in shoot-outs with Philippine police, the first in 1954 and the second in 1972. Meanwhile, Onoda set up a series of hideouts across the 74-sq.-mi. island, stealing food to keep alive and keeping intact several caches of live ammunition. Over the years, Onoda and his men are suspected...
...publicity woman for Sack Theatres, the chain currently showing Blazing Shaddles in Boston, reports that a large segment of each audience expects the movie to be a serious, shoot-'em-up Western. "They're middle-aged audiences, and they come in here with that expectation and just don't laugh," she says. "They're surprised...
...films in Cambridge this week. They're biggies--kind of an equivalent to what classical music types call warhorses--including Orson Welles's Citizen Kane, a great movie that critics have built up too much; The Hustler, which seems better and better ("This is Ames, Mister"..."Fat man, you shoot a great game of pool."...); a classic Godard. Everybody knows these films, you can hardly go wrong no matter what you see this week, and the real attraction of the week is Cagney on T.V., so I'll leave space for Farmer Briney. A few oddities worth checking: Bogart (with...