Word: villainous
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...remarks is the clamor of left-wing press and politicians, who seem unimpressed by the humiliating fact that the Red government has ignored Britain's offer of diplomatic recognition. The New Statesman & Nation, as toplofty and ill-informed as ever, singled out Douglas MacArthur as the chief villain, solemnly assured its readers that he alone would be to blame if a general war broke out in Asia. China specialists in official posts echoed the line. "The British government sees no papal infallibility about MacArthur," snapped one British diplomat. Peevishly he denounced the general's recent visit to Formosa...
With the groundwork laid for schizophrenia, or at feast amnesia, the plot switches to Gaslight: Claudette, it turns out, is the victim of an elaborate frame-up. After using a lot of fancy psychiatric jargon in analyzing the heroine's condition, the script finally reveals the villain as melodrama's oldfashioned "mad fiend." Still unsolved: Who framed Actress Colbert into the role...
...shot while the boys are outside laying their bets for the easy money. Before the contest comes off, the gambler strolls off for a mustache-twirling romance-which provides Composer Foss with an opportunity for some witty, satirical mustache-twirling music. Dan'l loses the contest, but the villain's villainies are found out, and he is brought to frontier justice...
...full impact of his role never quite gets over. It's hard to tell why, for Mr. Mature once played a role well. It's hard to remember how he was cast in that picture for it was some time ago, but I think he was a villain. It is possible that he is currently being bothered with a speech impediment for his mouth never opens more than a quarter of an inch, even when he is saying...
...atherosclerosis, the inner walls of the arteries become clogged with fatty material. Part of this is cholesterol, a white, soapy-feeling substance (actually an alcohol) found in all animal fats, nerve tissues and egg yolk. Some doctors insisted that the cholesterol was the villain: there must be too much of it in the patient's blood. If it were cut out of the diet, the hardening of the arteries would at least be arrested...