Word: trickyness
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The movie's faults are those of excess--a little too much freshness, fastness, and cleverness at times. Tricky gimmicks are repeated too often or dwelled on too long the first time around. Possessive Momma sends her son locks of her hair; a hypocritically-pious spinster drags a burly cop...
Grissom got that chance when he was picked as the pilot of America's first two-man spacecraft. With the launching of Gemini 3 on its three-orbit flight on March 23, 1965, Grissom became the first man ever to journey twice into space. Aided by Co-Pilot John...
Tricky Tool. "Why we are in Viet Nam," says Schlesinger, "is today a question of mainly historical interest. We are there, for better or for worse, and we must deal with the situation that exists." Fortunately, he goes on anyway to trace the history of that involvement, and that part...
Hull, "for nearly 100 years, and the people are worse off than they were at the beginning." He proposed that an international trusteeship be set up with a polyglot membership including French, Chinese, Russian, Philippine, U.S. and Indo-Chinese representatives, to prepare the country for independence. But the idea died...
In tricky combat terrain, U.S. troops have to develop all types of tricky tactics. A 32-man reconnaissance company of the 9th Cavalry Regiment has a new technique for getting out of their helicopters even before they land. In unsecured areas where the enemy may be lying in wait, the...