Word: snappish
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...only did the conversation insult Awori, but it could all too easily be construed as intimidation, aimed at restricting political activism. At a time when political dialogue has been dampened by the Administration's snappish replies to responsible critics, it is especially disturbing that the FBI now seems to consider criticism of the government and association with "leftist" (not communist) groups as undesirable and subversive action worthy of investigation...
...Preminger keeps all of them interesting for at least two of the three hours spent In Harm's Way. At one moment he shrewdly plays the grimness of war against the undeniable glamour of it, next diverts the flow of sentimental clichés into a vein of snappish humor. "I'd enjoy meeting your son," says Meredith. "Naw-you wouldn't," grumbles Wayne, eying the lad across a messroom with eloquent distaste. Other scenes crackle comfortably: O'Neal cravenly having his backbone slapped into shape in the men's washup; Andrews placidly playing croquet...
THAT MAN FROM RIO. Poisoned darts and snappish Brazilian crocodiles are among the dangers faced by Jean-Paul Belmondo in hilarious spoof of all the next-earthquake-please action pictures...
...role of the dissenter seems not to be a happy one. Court observers notice that Harlan reads his opinions in an increasingly snappish tone. But he has never yet let his displeasure with the majority's reasoning disturb his own judicious approach to cases he is considering. Last month when Harvard University honored him with a doctorate, it saluted him as "a judge's judge...
...sodbusters in 1839, marry, multiply, get killed off along the way in drownings, fights, and wars, until at the end the only Prescott left is an octogenarian Debbie Reynolds. Many of the juiciest roles are just a drop in the Cinerama bucket. Thelma Ritter is a snappish delight as a man-hungry wagon woman. Walter Brennan is deliciously vile as a river pirate who uses his vamp-eyed daughter (Starlet Brigid Bazlen) as bait to lure fur-laden Trapper Jimmy Stewart to a temporary downfall at the bottom of a cave. Raymond Massey is, for what seems like the four...