Word: snap
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...around like Little Leaguers. "The sport of yesterday was commercial and a means of making money," explained the program notes. "The exploitation of man by man on all fronts. In sports today, it is wholesome and pure." Then came 400 soldiers in olive green and East German helmets to snap through the U.S. manual of arms before goosestepping, in the best Soviet tradition, past Castro...
Oddly enough, Arlene Del Fava would have gone scot free had she packed a hunting, carving or penknife -any type other than a switchblade or gravity knife, which snap open at the flick of a wrist. If the owner can prove lack of illegal intent, New York's Sullivan Law allows possession of dirks, daggers, razors or stilettos. But the law, which has no visible effects on criminals, requires hard-to-get police permits for pistols, even when they are kept at home. Flatly forbidden is the mere possession of any billy, blackjack, bludgeon, bomb, bombshell, firearm silencer, machine...
...Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. pretend to be vintage Chicago hipsters who rob the rich and give to the poor-though the poor slobs who can't share the fun without buying a ticket may wonder whether it isn't the other way around. The actors snap, their fingers at the plot, and Bing Crosby pops in from time to time as one Allen A. Dale, who reforms a roomful of rowdy orphans with a song called Don't Be a Do-Badder. The rest of the film runs to self-parody, augmented by boyish enthusiasm...
...steps-sacrebleu!-it is the terror of Montmartre, the Napoleon of criminology! It is Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) of the Sureté. Fresh from his daring exploits in The Pink Panther, the inspector is a model of sangfroid. Beneath the vigorous mustache, the lips are ironical; beneath the snap-brim felt, the darting eyes see everything-well, everything except the goldfish pond. Splat...
...working for Scranton. Nelson Rockefeller withdrew from the race, threw his support (and, perhaps more important, the facilities of his widespread organization) to Scranton. And while Dwight Eisenhower maintained a glum silence, his brother Milton sent Scranton a lengthy letter of endorsement, said pointedly: "I know that you avoid snap judgments and clever remarks devoid of sincerity and common sense. I admire you for your moderate but firm philosophy, and I hope the American people will realize what an opportunity they now have for placing the leadership of our nation in steady hands...