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Boiled Red. A somewhat less sure comer-througher is Napoleon Solo, hero of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. This la bored acronym stands for United Network Command for Law Enforcement, or good guys. Solo (played by Robert Vaughn) is set to battle weekly against the malevolent members of THRUSH, which stands for bads and is an international organization "with no allegiance to any country or ideal." Last week THRUSH was trying to assassinate the Premier of a new African nation, who was visiting a nuclear chemical plant near Washington. Napoleon Solo and a female companion (Patricia Crowley) in a spangled evening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Second Week Premi | 10/2/1964 | See Source »

Evidently the plan was not effective, for, to the majority of the unfortunate pedestrians, the only good thing about the megaphone-shouter-througher was his resemblance to Dick Harlow. Outside of this, the idea of a megaphone shouter-througher seems to have been thrown for a long loss...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cops Adopt Harlow System, But Jaywalkers Don't Mind | 5/27/1947 | See Source »

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