Word: sir
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...PLAYHOUSE. "The Mayfly and the Frog." Sir John Gielgud stars in a fanciful story about a tender encounter be tween a middle-aged multimillionaire and a scruffy teen-age girl...
...Sir: Re your cover story on law and order [Oct. 4]. As a member of the "young radical" element in our nation, I feel greatly encouraged when a publication as influential as TIME speaks so clearly and honestly on an issue. Although I shall continue to voice my dissatisfaction with our present society, 1 now have renewed hope for the future of America...
...Sir: Now really! Women and girls of Francine's proportions are so commonplace over here in Deutschland that it's the 34-24-35 figure that causes the males to do a double take...
...Died. Sir Ambrose Sherwill, 78, longtime bailiff (civil head) of the Channel island of Guernsey, which, with the isles of Jersey, Sark and Alderney, was the only bit of Britain occupied by the Nazis during World War II; in Guernsey. Guernsey was "taken" in 1940 by the crews of four transport planes. But Sherwill and the Guernsey folk made life miserable for the Germans, helping P.O.W.s to escape, and reporting every Nazi move to London...
Still, the film is not without its incisive moments. Sir John Gielgud as Raglan, puttering about in senescence, flashes a glimmer of the haughty ineptitude that substituted for authority in the Blimpish days of Empire. In one robust, hilarious scene, reminiscent of Richardson's Tom Jones, Cardigan (Trevor Howard) and his lady (Jill Bennett) rush to get undressed. She races ahead-then turns back to help him put of his girdle. And the charge itself is almost entirely successful. The rigid troops move forward like wind-up toy soldiers, under the hypnotic spell of unquestioned tradition. The firing begins...