Word: utters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Pueblo were heroes, their kind of "heroism" was the most elemental--mere physical survival of the Korean captivity. If that was cause for celebration, what it showed to the rest of America was net. The men had to endure only because of the utter futility of America's efforts at releasing them...
...family dubs Chitty Chitty Bang Bang because of the way it chug-chugs and a beautiful lady named Truly Scrumptious because of the way she mug-mugs. Cute romance is in the air, cute songs flood the sound track, and the children, pining for Truly (Sally Ann Howes), utter the unkindest cute of all: "If he kisses her, then they'll hafta get married...
...define him, utter lunacy...
...looks suspiciously like a poor insurance risk. His arms seem to dangle somewhere close to his knees, and his face bears the gasp-jawed incredulity of a deep-sea diver whose air supply has just been cut off. What makes him mildly appealing is that he confides his utter lack of confidence in self-abasing little asides to the audience. It is hard to think ill of a man who thinks so ill of himself...
...Olympic Games. The final medal standings at the Mexico City games showed the U.S. with 45 gold, 28 silver and 34 bronze for a total of 107, compared with Russia's 29 gold, 32 silver, 30 bronze and a total of 91. Track and field was an utter debacle for the Russians, who managed to win only three events while the U.S. was winning 15. Every bit as embarrassing was the performance of the Soviet basketball team, which had been favored to capture the gold medal and wound up instead with the bronze, finishing behind the U.S. and Yugoslavia...