Word: wagonned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...stylized pieces bring the familiar tactics of confrontation to the chess board; as the game progresses, a paddy wagon may remove a hippie, and a guru may outmaneuver a tactical patrolman. The chess set, created by a local artist, Jackie Pearl, has one major drawback: only the Establishment can afford the check, mate. It costs...
...Harvard came out with a 11-3 triumph, and as Skip Freeman said after the game, the wagon started to roll. Or so it seemed...
Sawed-Off Station Wagon. Last week American Motors showed off the first subcompact, the Gremlin.* It was, said A.M.C. President William Luneberg, purposely designed to be "a contentious car, and nobody will be neutral about it." That may well be true. On the outside the Gremlin resembles a sawed-off station wagon, with a long, low hood and swept-up rear, and is faintly reminiscent of the original Studebaker Avanti. Though the Gremlin is only two inches longer than the 159-in. Volkswagen, the elongated hood makes the difference seem considerably more. It is 10 in. wider than a Volks...
...life, the kids are demanding a new honesty in film-making that has nothing to do with the size of the budget. Michael Campus, 28, former director of specials at CBS, explains: "Young people are saying that it's a crime to spend $20 million on Paint Your Wagon. That amount could remake a city." Perhaps in getting right with the new audience, Hollywood will not only save its head, but its own soul...
...scene, a Union cavalryman cuts off a Cheyenne's arms, then shoots an old Indian directly in the eye. In another, a wagon runs over a child's legs, severing them with gushes of blood. To provide authenticity for the movie's numerous mutilations, Nelson has hired adult and child amputees. Do-gooders who worry about the misuse of underage amateurs may or may not be soothed by Nelson's reassurances: "We made specific arrangements with the psychologist in charge of the children to make sure we were not going to give them any psychological traumas...