Word: redeemed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...radical conception of education, free from the artificial and corrupting constraints of traditional education, can be made to work successfully. As the following article points out there are problems yet to be resolved but Antioch was, and continues to be, a glorious experiment--one that must be made to redeem itself if it is to serve as a step on the way to constructing a just society. -- Editor...
...costumes, balloons and special effects, the Potts come to the rescue, triumphing over twin evils: the baron and the score. Written by Robert and Richard Sherman (Mary Poppins), the eleven songs have all the rich melodic variety of an automobile horn. Persistent syncopation and some breathless choreography partly redeem it, but most of the film's sporadic success is due to Director Ken Hughes's fantasy scenes, which make up in imagination what they lack in technical facility. Next to Tiny Tim's hallowed remark, the holiday season's most overworked phrase is "What...
...bashful Marlow, who refuses to look her in the eyes, is skillfully managed. And a later scene between Mrs. Hardcastle and her dimwitted son (John Pym) over a crucial letter is hilarious. Still, one wishes the comedy weren't spread so thin. An occasional home run doesn't always redeem a low batting average...
...compared with what the producers have done to Shalako. The film was not made in the wild West but in southern Spain, and the scenery looks like mañana country. Sean Connery's Lowland Scottish accent continually leaks through his ersatz American drawl. Brigitte Bardot tries to redeem the movie by going topless-coyly and briefly-but her mascara-scorched eyes and flaccid acting make her seem as if she had gone sleepless since her last picture. The dubbed voice of that fine character actor. Jack Hawkins, limited to esophageal speaking since his operation for throat cancer...
...gold, would be the key currency. Under that arrangement, then and today, other nations value their money in terms of the U.S. dollar, which is itself valued in terms of gold. The dollar's acceptability in world finance rests on the U.S. Treasury's pledge to redeem dollars held by foreign governments for gold at an unchanging...