Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Since ancient Greek dramatists began chronicling their athlete's exploits, few plays have pleased both kinds of audience. Steve Kluger's comedy, Bullpen, currently playing at the Hasty Pudding Theatre (12 Holyoke St.) attempts to completely satisfy both parties, and almost does...
Secondly, White argues, sodomy laws have "ancient roots" which can be traced back to the late 18th century. Perhaps White is not aware that the Court has struck down other ancient laws, such as statutes prohibiting intermarriage, contraception, and abortion. Abortion laws go back to Exodus 21--ancient by White's standards, I would imagine...
...school. Hopi Chairman Sidney and Navajo Chairman Peterson Zah were schoolmates, but as Sidney says, "When I was elected, the friendship took a vacation." Sidney threatens to break a sacred buckskin treaty wand if the Navajo do not evacuate Hopi land, which would signify the complete collapse of an ancient vow, and he refuses to entertain notions of a land swap or cash deal to settle matters. Each side is waging a sophisticated publicity campaign, assisted by experienced outside activists. Indeed, for all his talk of "sacred" Hopi lands, Chairman Sidney has posed for pictures in ancient Hopi villages, violating...
...Statue of Liberty? By modern high-rise standards, it is dinky, a dozen stories from head to toe. And by the standards of statuary, Lady Liberty is absurdly huge, unnecessarily literal, a giant trinket as vulgar as a sign on the Las Vegas strip. It is hardly an ancient monument. Except for Richard Morris Hunt's pedestal, the thing was not even Made in America. (Perfect protectionist irony: an imported patriotic icon...
...prison massacres bring an end to the violence that is becoming commonplace in Peru. On Wednesday a bomb concealed in a suitcase ripped through the roof of a packed train that was carrying tourists to the ancient Inca city of Machu Picchu. Seven passengers were killed, including one American and three West Germans. As many as 40 other people were injured. Although no one claimed responsibility for the attack, it was widely seen as an attempt by the Shining Path to avenge the deaths of its imprisoned followers...