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...finds at Ife (pronounced Ee-fay), where antiquarians have been digging up terra cotta fragments for years, were two bronzes (see cuts) that rank as masterpieces: ¶ A 19-in. statue of an Oni king in full regalia. Standing barefoot, clad in skirt, an amulet centered on his beaded hat, the Oni in bronze wears a bib of beads (presumably coral), a knee-length strand of larger beads (probably carnelian or agate), bead anklets, and wristlets. In his right hand he clutches a mace, in his left a ram's horn, the symbol of authority. Slightly idealized...
Lights Out. First the Indians hooted a few jeers. The Klan ignored them. Then slowly the Lumbees fanned out and moved across the road. A tall Indian youth walked closer, raised his rifle, calmly drew a bead on the light bulb, and baml-out it went. Suddenly the band galloped toward the huddled Klansmen, yelling old war cries, firing into the dark night and at auto tires. Most of the Klansmen dropped their guns and made for their cars in fright. The Indians kept coming (one proudly wore a traditional feathered headdress marked SOUVENIR OF CHIMNEY ROCK, N.C.), burst upon...
Market Crash. In San Bernardino, Calif., as he and a sheriff's officer chased a burglar through his supermarket, Owner Charles R. Barmlett drew a careful bead on the thief, fired his revolver, wounded the deputy in the thigh...
Moving into the top job in 1949, after a 13-year apprenticeship broken by three years in the Navy, 29-year-old President Percy, McNabb's protege, drew a bead on amateurs who wanted the simplest kind of inexpensive equipment. He brought out a $39.95 movie camera that was $40 cheaper than other models Bell & Howell was selling. It was $10 cheaper than the company's least expensive prewar camera, even though assembly-line wages had risen from 40? to $2 an hour. Then Percy went to work simplifying his machines. Simultaneously, he sharply increased Bell & Howell...
...religious supply house plagues the sisters with his sales talk for Rosary clickers (to show you where you were when you fell asleep), electric vigil lights ("flip it on for ten minutes on bus or car-gives you a lift for that tired feeling"), rosaries in which "each bead contains Waters of Jordan and a blessed guppy...