Word: stink
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...when we brought them back, the accoutrements were gone. They wore medals instead, and all the innocence was gone from their eyes." He learned the subtle variations of the air, how "the jungle skies of South America are lush and inviting and altogether lacking in the antagonism and elderly stink of skies over similar jungles in Africa...
They didn't. Archie Rice (Sir Laurence Olivier) may stink but he's not dead, and if he was, he'd be too much of a clot to lie down. After the show he emcees a beauty contest and then chases after the delicious "piece of crackling" who wins second prize. "All she needs," the girl's mother assures Archie, "is a little push.'' So Archie gives her a push, but not the kind her mother had in mind...
...time. In particular, since we do not live in a slave society, one of the main characters, a slave taking advantage of his masters absence, is undercut by the colloquiality. But more important than this is that it is jarring to hear a tunic clad actor say, "P.U., you stink...
...Managua, Nicaragua, scrawny men, their shirttails out, flop gratefully in shady places in the plazas. In El Salvador, leaving some ornate mansion, a member of one of the 14 families that run the country glides by limousine to his club for an afternoon of bridge high above the sewer stink of acres of shacks. But before and after siesta time, the five sleepy nations of Central America are stirring with new hopes. By jolt or by shout, Central America is being kicked...
...olfactions" themselves - supplied from the "library of essences" compiled by "Osmologist" Hans Laube, who perfected the Smell-O-Vision process - are on the whole no more accurate or credible than those employed by AromaRama, but at least they don't stink so loud. Moreover, the gimmick is backed up by a witty script that at times owes as much to Don Miguel de Cervantes as it does to Scriptwriter William Roos. The Todd 70 Process camera is used to flashy effect, especially when it is mounted on a helicopter. And Hero Elliott is a remarkably sly and appealing comedian...