Word: slices
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Everyone likes to see a monster or two in a movie--and what's better subject for a Great American Film than a slice of the ugliness of life in middle class U.S.A.? But some things are unnerving--like dead people and dead animals as major characters. Not frightening or even annoying, just mildly shocking...
...LEATHER BOYS. Rita Tushingham, as a seriocomic British strumpet, nearly loses her teen-aged husband (Colin Campbell) to his motorcycling mate (Dudley Sutton) in Director Sidney J. Furie's slice-of-life drama about an unsavory triangle...
...Leather Boys, made in England in 1963, offers still another slice of working-class misery, teeming with crises over teen-age marriage, lonely old age, youthful disengagement and incipient homosexuality. Though its plot ought to guarantee mediocrity, this colorful catchall of familiar problems turns out to be a prime showcase for some very splashy talent...
Henceforth, said Kosygin, the government would sharply reduce its directives to the managers. Though the total wage fund will still be set, each factory boss may slice it up as he sees fit, handing out incentive pay and bonuses to reward efficiency. No longer will a factory's performance be measured by how much it produces but by how much it is able to sell. In a wide range of consumer industries, profit will measure a manager's effectiveness - and a portion of that profit may be kept for use in improving production through new tools...
...beef with his Ronson!" gasps the sloe-eyed young thing in a recent ad for Ronson Corp. "Isn't that a bit much for a little cigarette lighter?" Of course it is, but that shows how much she knows about him - or Ronson. He's going to slice the roast with his Ronson Carve 'n' Slice electric knife, just as he shaves with a Ronson shaver, shines shoes on a Ronson electric buffer, and brushes his teeth with a Ronson electric toothbrush...