Word: understood
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nervousness of the hunted criminal in "Petrified Forest." Bogart is nothing more nor less than leather-skinned in this role: cool, jaded, manipulative. Dashiell Hammit included a last scene in his book during which the reader really grasps what a contemptible specimen Spade is. But Huston thankfully understood that a film version could dispense with this redeeming moralism especially at the expense of Bogart's persona. A remarkably sophisticated insight for a director so seemingly wet behind the ears...
Carter declared once again last week that he considered the settlements "illegal" and "an obstacle to peace." But U.S. officials hoped the Egyptians understood that there were limits to the pressures the U.S. could apply. "Unfortunately," said one, "Sadat still thinks all we have to do is snap our fingers to get Israel to do our bidding. We're going to try to disabuse him of that notion...
...Jerusalem on the eve of Sadat's visit, but Carter did send a stiff letter about Shiloh to Begin, who was said to be shocked and angered by its language. Privately, Administration officials are furious, feeling they have not been fairly treated by the Premier and his colleagues. They understood Dayan to have told them last September that there would be no new civilian settlements in the West Bank "for a year." Or did he mean for the remainder of 1977? It is unclear whether the other nine settlements started since October will eventually be turned over to civil authority...
...Ford's Theater. "First I thought I shouldn't go," said Kitt, 50, who attended between performances in the musical Timbuktu! at Washington's Kennedy Center. "Now I'm very glad I went. Mr. Carter looked at me and he smiled as though he understood...
...Jose Carlos Lobo, United Nations delegate from Mozambique, had a different opinion about the extent of exploitation a people must tolerate before turning to violence. "We waged war to conquer peace. Death was the only way. The other side understood no language other than violence," he said...