Word: wonder
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...beaten and believe that the Republicans can't win." Thus, she said, the name of George Romney, who only last fortnight announced that he would run this year for Governor of Michigan, has been widely mentioned for 1964. Said Maggie Smith: "This rarity in agreement makes me wonder-and I say very carefully to you that I do not make any charge-I merely wonder if the really true role contemplated for George Romney is to be the sacrificial lamb on the Republican altar...
...intended for use in retirement), Adenauer paid his second visit to the Economics Ministry in twelve years to give Erhard a pair of thoughtfully chosen 65th birthday gifts: a recorded selection of Adenauer speeches and a baroque desk clock, which promptly rang the hour, leading Cabinet jesters to wonder for whom it tolled. But final blood went to Erhard supporters in the interministerial glee club which serenaded Adenauer's departure with a chorus from The Flying Dutchman: "Steersman, leave the watch!" His hackles raised by a critic's description of him as "the thinking man's Mickey...
...Small wonder. Much of the talk was about ABC executives' memos on scripts for The Untouchables ("We are killing too many people per episode"; "Not as much action as some, but sufficient to keep the average bloodthirsty viewer fairly happy"). Longest wrangle was over the famous episode of Bus Stop that featured a nymphomaniac and a teen-age alcoholic murderer, which 25 of ABC's affiliated stations refused to show...
Sandro is discounted by Antonioni's contempt; Anna disappears; Antonioni never gives much attention to either the featherbrained Julia or the calm Patrizia. Only Claudia is left. And because she alone remains at the end of the film, the audience must wonder if the story is only that the slob has caught another chick. In the despairing La Dolce Vita, this would be the message. But the distinctive characteristic of L'Avventura is that things are not the same at the end as they were in the beginning. Claudia has changed, as has Anna (if she lives), as has Julia...
...elevators again. You and a psychiatrist step inside, and press buttons. You wait, and look at each other suspiciously. Suddenly the psych screams "these goddam things" and starts jumping up and down. You wonder if he is some kind of nut. Breathing heavily, he explains that the only way to get upstairs is by jumping...