Word: musclebound
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Allen is always lost in a sea of normal people, and, like the best comic actors, makes them appear ridiculous by his very presence. He doesn't even have to try to do this here, because the absurd futuristic lifestyle doesn the work for him. Even the handsome musclebound machos are no threat. They seem doubly stupid, because Allen by definition is the only bright person in the movie...
Allen finally links up with the revolutionary underground, but he is no kinder to it than to the Establishment. He accuses its musclebound, Marxist leader of neglecting his duties in order to take handsome lessons. In the end, he manages to win Miss Keaton and overthrow the Government by posing as the doctor engaged to clone a new head of state from the nose of the deceased one, then holding the nose hostage for the revolution...
...Makiko nonetheless goes on to count her bruises in the weekly magazine, Yomiuri. When she wanted to go to a U.S. high school, her father belted her. The same thing happened when she wanted to become an actress. Because Makiko "talks too much," Premier Tanaka even advised her husband, musclebound Naonori Tanaka: "Beat her up once in a while to retain your prestige as a man." While she was only confirming what former Premier Eisaku Sato's wife has already revealed about Nipponese sexual politics, Makiko did hand reporters an irresistible opening line for the pugnacious Premier...
...being moved up to the varsity. They gave me every reason in the world but the truth. On different occasions, Stephens would tell me varying reasons why I was not advancing. First it was because I "didn't know the offense". Next time I was "stonefingered". Then I was "musclebound". Stephens told me he didn't like the way I carried the ball in the palm of my hand. Finally he claimed I didn't hustle and didn't have a "proper attitude...
Mansfield retorts that "our forces in Europe have been inflated and musclebound, with far more logistical than combat capability." He notes that among U.S. troops with NATO in Europe, there is one general or flag officer for every 2,343 men, whereas when he served in the Army, he says, the average ratio was one colonel for every 3,000 men. Mansfield's point is that the U.S. military in Europe has grown top-heavy. "It is my conviction," he says, "that trimming away the fat in the form of excess supplies and headquarters will result in a leaner...