Word: whiplashed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...three of the original 23 proposals were dropped. Two of them, involving tire-endurance, braking and weight-supporting standards, were suspended pending further research. The third-headrests to reduce whiplash neck injuries-was put off mainly because the industry cannot as yet produce enough to equip all cars. One major concession, provided for foreign manufacturers who do not follow the U.S. model-changeover routine, was to delay the effective date of the standards four months...
...FORTUNE COOKIE. Only Director Billy Wilder would have the chutzpah to choose a money-grubbing heel for his hero, and only Walter Matthau could make the heel lovable. As Shyster "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich, Matthau gets nothing but laughs as he prods Jack Lemmon into a $1,000,000 insurance swindle...
...FORTUNE COOKIE. Only Director Billy Wilder would have the chutzpah to choose an obnoxious, money-grubbing heel for his hero, and only Walter Matthau could make the heel lovable. As Shyster "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich, Matthau gets nothing but laughs as he prods Jack Lemmon into attempting a $1,000,000 insurance swindle...
...FORTUNE COOKIE. As a TV cameraman who is mildly clipped while covering a football game, Jack Lemmon follows the zany signals called by his grasping brother-in-law Walter Matthau, a two-bit shyster with dreams of becoming a big-time chiseler. Nicknamed "Whiplash Willie," the illegal eagle stops at almost nothing to clip an insurance company of $1,000,000 in this comely comedy directed by Billy Wilder...
...since Villain Palance bared fang and claw against Shane. Only once does the action slow down, during a gum battle between Palance and Lancaster, who seem to be firing off philosophical asides about the life of violence mainly because they need a rest. Most of the dialogue has a whiplash sting, and since the scenario is chiefly concerned with ambushes and train holdups and muscle-hard suspense, there is seldom time out for blather...