Word: unwittingness
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The first episode pries into a decadent country villa where wealthy Industrialist Curt Jurgens is dying upstairs while his son Sami Frey throws a wingding below. Suffering through the Oedipal conflict, language dubbing and dense cinematic trickery are Jurgens' wife Alida Valli and daughter Susan Strasberg. Among the more...
The British have never liked the idea of swapping spies, and accepted this trade only for "humanitarian motives," because Wynne was reported ailing-and perhaps also because the government had an uneasy conscience over having used a more or less unwitting nonprofessional. Said one British official: "This sort of trade...
Most likely, the whole thing was a silly practical joke perpetrated by some unidentified West German journalist who had the witting or unwitting help of the innocent or gullible D.P.A. In any event, the whys and wherefores of the case clearly did not intrigue the Russians. Despite D.P.A.'s...
Momma, Momma, Momma. Cassius' narcissistic posturing was not meant to convince. "Actually," he confided, "I respect Liston. That look of his shakes me." It was meant to humor, to prod, to annoy, to con Champion Liston into thinking that a young (22), tall (6 ft. 3 in.), sturdy (210...
Unwitting Help. Since the IRS ruling was announced in November, applications have risen 40% for Diners' Club cards, 17% for Amexco cards. Applications for Carte Blanche have jumped 50% so far this month. And though many credit card industry executives had feared that businessmen would spend less with the...