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Word: asp (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been eight years since Cleopatra put an asp to her bosom, Mark Antony had fallen upon his sword, and Rome's victorious Octavian had taken over Egypt. But the Nubian villagers of Dendur, 400 miles up the Nile from Alexandria, had nothing against the Romans. In fact, on the orders of the new Emperor, now called Augustus, visiting Egyptian artisans were building a temple dedicated to two young Nubian princes, Pedesi and Pihor. Both had drowned in the Nile, and victims so chosen by the god of the Nile were automatically apotheosized, as a Greek might be by a lightning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Ancient Glory in Manhattan | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

...Russian spies out to topple the free world, mad opthamologists aiming to give her a pupil transplant--and the fun would start. Before Sandy could even "Arf," Daddy would be on the scene in his 200-foot yacht, puffing on a dark Havana as he watched Punjab and the Asp contrive a properly nasty comicstrip zoom for the malefactors. It was a fun little game, and Daddy played it just right, cool and cunning and with just the faintest suggestion that he was enjoying the hell out of the whole show. Then he'd weigh anchor and take everybody over...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: The Games People Play | 9/19/1977 | See Source »

...years of existence, the union has attracted more than 10,000 dues-paying members and has launched sister organizations across the country--in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, Honolulu (DOLPHIN), Seattle (ASP), New York (PONY), and--most recently--Boston (PUMA...

Author: By Marilyn L. Booth, | Title: New Tricks in the Labor Zone | 2/18/1976 | See Source »

...royal clan derives from the Barrymores, with echoes of the Drews. The grande dame who wields the scepter in this kingdom is Fanny Cavendish (Eva Le Gallienne), an ailing titaness of the footlights with the tongue of an asp and a heart of melting butter. But pandemonium is really the ruler of the realm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Magnificent Obsession | 1/12/1976 | See Source »

...Education and Welfare, did not fit my image of the Federal bureaucrat. He was neither paunchy nor pallid from sitting too long under fluorescent light, in fact when a trio of Crimson women interviewed him April 6 he sported a snappy pinstripe suit and a fresh tan from an Asp ex ski weekend...

Author: By Joyce Heard, | Title: Richardson: Women and the Ivory Tower | 4/24/1972 | See Source »

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