Word: tree
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...defensive formation with half a dozen others. After firing a few rounds, his weapon jammed. "I'd never fired an M-14 before," he says. "I figured I'd better learn." Yanking out the blocked magazine, Owen replaced it and aimed at what looked like a moving tree. It spun sideways and fell. "Man, I was really praying then," he says. To stay alive? "Heck, no," he replies earnestly. "I was praying for a clear field of fire...
...Selina calls him, drops her off for the infrequent pleasure of an outing in the park. As she turns to her beads under a shade tree, a caterpillar wriggles down the back of her dress. She screams. A hand some young Negro (Sidney Poitier) runs to help, and the stage is set for the rather obvious tale of a girl to whom all men are colorless. In time she tells her new-found friend her problems, and he, of course, understands instinctively, given the troubles he's seen...
Parisian stores, which ten years ago had no U.S.-style decorations, have suddenly realized a few sprigs of holly and strings of lights can help part a Frenchman and his francs. The leader of the movement is Christian Dior. Each Dior window features a Christmas tree standing on a terrace at Versailles (that citadel of un-Christian morals). Inside, mannequins topped with Marie Antoinette hairdos and draped with Dior hostess gowns hold aloft model reindeer and-of all things-old sailing boats. From the ceiling hang huge plastic chandeliers, each of which took 300 hours to make. Said Decorator Jean...
Snoopy, who upstages the rest of the company every time he is onscreen, wins first prize with his doghouse deco rations. Nice Guy Charlie Brown natu rally finishes last- he can't even find a decent Christmas tree. "You've been dumb before, Charlie Brown," snorts Lucy, "but this time you really...
Then Linus saves Charlie's day by narrating the story of the first Christmas and by telling him: "It's not a bad little tree, really. It just needs love." So Linus props it up with his security blanket, and Lucy and the rest of the kids provide Charlie with ornaments- and a little one-day-a-year love. The voices of the characters, dubbed by real rather than stage kids, are occasionally amateurish but contribute to the refreshingly low-key tone. In any case, listeners will grow accustomed to the voices. Three more Peanuts programs...