Word: smiled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...eight other defendants look at each other and smile, smiles that convey much of what is wrong with this film of The Trial of the Catonsville Nine. They are smug smiles, full of condescension and unchecked theatrical egotism. The movie is extracted virtually as a piece from Father Berrigan's play, which was in turn a dramatization of his 1968 trial for burning draft records. There Berrigan, his brother Philip and seven other defendants tried to reverse the guilt and put the whole Viet Nam War on trial. But the characters in the film seem to be acting less...
...Americans seized their opportunity to scrutinize the Soviet leadership. Bluff and hearty, Brezhnev was obviously doing his best to make his guests feel at home. At their initial meeting, the first smile crossed Kosygin's face when Nixon rather pointedly mentioned that "I have a reputation as a longtime anti-Communist." Brezhnev's wife Viktoria told the press that her husband had "been in a good mood lately and that's not always the case...
...supporters placed a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal in hopes of calming fears of businessmen by clarifying his proposals for tax reform and redistribution of income. He was even asked last week how he felt about the legalization of prostitution. Replied McGovern with a weary smile: "Even if I was for it, I wouldn't say so. There are some tests of political courage that are too much...
DESPITE the alarm caused by the Wallace shooting, McGovern still seems comfortable in the huge crowds that come to see and hear him. He wades into the throngs, smiling confidently, patting a shoulder, pausing now and then for a "Hi, how are you?" On the podium, however, the smile is replaced by a seriousness that transforms him into a political preacher of fire and brimstone crusading for a righteous cause. Like an Old Testament prophet, McGovern talks of good and evil, light and darkness; his tough speeches are sprinkled with biblical quotations. He always gets loud applause from the audiences...
...liked him, and I made him laugh. He made me smile and have good...