Word: barreling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mugger, gun in hand, saying, "Gimme yer wallet" and being scared off when the citizen pulls forth a cleverly concealed .45 is a rerun from "Wild, Wild West." The idea is also inconsistent; could Gerald Ford have pulled a gun on "Squeaky" Fromme after he saw the barrel of her handgun pointed at him? I doubt Ford is that quick on the draw...
...coffee. A photo of Chesty Morgan is pasted on the wall behind him. He asks if I would like some music--I wouldn't mind. The old man walks out from behind the counter and spreads change for the juke box on top of a gorged flip-top trash barrel. There is a die and a hinge in the collection of coins. I think that he's a scavenger, like the pick-pocket; even his shoes, with the heels sagging off his ankles like pouting lips, look as though they were plucked out of an alley...
...gullibility or perversity, Steinberg has chosen to portray Rayburn as a statesman of principle, integrity and elevated vision--a poor country boy who, through hard work and trust in the Lord, grew up to be "by far the greatest" Speaker in American history, and a hell of a cracker-barrel philosopher to boot...
...have El Cheapo Production's version of the book to contend with. The picture, featuring Judith-Marie Bergan, started out aiming for the coveted X rating, essential to success in the pornfields, then raised its sights. Its more graphically depicted sexual grapplings went into the trim barrel, an R rating was obtained, and it is no longer necessary to sneak off to some cinematic red-light district to see the film...
Some kind of oil deal is probable. The Soviet Union is badly in need of foreign currency, which it could get from oil sales, and will need even more to pay for U.S. grain. The U.S. is eager to tap the Soviet oil barrel, largely for political reasons. The U.S.S.R. passed the U.S. last year as the world's largest oil producer and now pumps 9.5 million bbl. daily v. 8.3 for the U.S. But Soviet consumption is rising fast too, so that the Russians have little oil to spare for the U.S.; the amounts talked...