Word: westernness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stretched into a perilously thin line. But the U.S. did, after all, stifle a previous Middle East crisis by landing 15,000 men in Lebanon in 1958 with little strain. The Pentagon maintains that it could do the same today-Viet Nam notwithstanding -by flying troops in from Western European bases...
...aggressive designs, we have no possible interest in violating either their security, their territory or their legitimate rights. We on our part expect the same principles to be applied to us." One reason for Eshkol's restraint, of course, was the knowledge that a good part of the Western world, particularly the U.S. and Great Britain, was working hard behind the scenes to try to avoid hostilities. "Everybody has been talking to everybody," said Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gro-myko-and for once he was right...
...Save War-Burned and War-Injured Vietnamese Children? Thirteen, for now. Eventually, reported one of the doctors last week, the program would probably transport from five to ten children a month to the U.S. for plastic surgery or prosthetic-device fitting too complex to be carried out in the western Pacific...
Returning to Hollywood in 1958, Coburn saddled up for a Randolph Scott western called Ride Lonesome, which type-cast him as a heavy for the next seven years. In The Magnificent Seven, he spoke only 14 words, but his chilling portrayal of a sadistic, knife-throwing cowboy won him meatier roles, and eventually a chance to be Flint-both off-screen and on. The one thing he cannot abide, however, is the amorous women who are always sidling up to him in the street. "They don't see me-they see a guy named Flint. That...
Fort Utah. An Indian moves stealthily among rocks, then drops down on a lone rider. They grapple in a knife-and-death struggle. The scene, portrayed for what must be the millionth time, begins this assembly-line film, which includes almost every other cliche known to Western man. Nearly as old as the plot are the actors. An aging gunfighter (John Ireland), fleeing from his reputation, meets up with a wagon train carrying an aging, golden-haired lady (Virginia Mayo). Soon they are pursued by an aging villain (Scott Brady) and some aging Indians. In the end, Ireland blasts...