Word: towing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Tell me again about the rabbits, George." The plea is from John Steinbeck's naturalistic opus Of Mice and Men. The pleader is Lennie, a ruined hulk who grasps ideas with his hands instead of his brain. Looming about the California farm land, Lennie is barely held in tow by his keeper George. Together, the two migratory workers enjoy a classic symbiosis, the blending of brute strength and animal cunning...
...range and shell penetration. Equipped with computer range finders, the M-60 allowed the Israelis to make a high percentage of first-shot kills; the T-62 usually had to be shot at least once to test its range. The Israelis have, together with the new tanks, 100 ultrasophisticated TOW antitank missile launchers, along with 2,000 warheads that can destroy targets with almost unerring accuracy...
...Born Yesterday remains remarkably, if depressingly, up to date in its two main themes--corruption and sexism. Harry Brock (Lorenzo Mariani), a nouveau riche junkyard magnate, comes to Washington to "buy himself a senator," bringing in tow his empty-headed mistress, an ex-showgirl named Billie Dawn (Sarah McClusky). Deciding that Billie needs a little polishing up in order to "fit in" with the Washington social scene, Brock hires Paul Verrall (Jerry Colker), an earnest young writer for The New Republic, to be her tutor...
Upstairs is another story. The remarkable preponderance of tow-heads, the innocuous nature of the bathroom graffito, the stilted conversation of the patrons, and the proliferation of tuxedoes indicate to the wayward observer that he has at last stumbled upon a watering-hole of that too-too-common bird, the New England preppie. The last time we ventured upstairs, the company was chattering about the Groton-St. Marks game, to the disgrace of the formidable Crimson eleven, which had prevailed that very afternoon...
...phone lines in the house, and they are usually ringing. If Nicholson is not around to take the call, he is firm about returning each one personally. The front door is left open, and friends wander in. Nicholson will often come back from work with a few pals in tow, a group that might include Mike Nichols (whom Nicholson calls "Big Nick"), Candice Bergen ("Bug"), Art Garfunkel ("Art the Garf) or Warren Beatty ("Master B"). The house itself is raffish and eclectic, featuring a collection of pig effigies: stuffed toy pigs, carved wooden pigs, a pig matchholder and a needle...