Word: beast
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mechanical bulls that tempt and toss the urban cowboy sell for $7,500 each, about $5,000 more than they cost Gilley's Bronco Shop Inc. in Houston to manufacture. The bionic beast is mounted on a pedestal and powered by a 5-h.p. electric motor that is operated by remote control. El Toro has graded levels of difficulty, working up from a bovine shimmy designated One to a shake-and-break Ten. The headless, vinyl-and-steel contraption was developed as a teaching aid for rodeo cowboys by New Mexico Inventor Joe Turner, who sold his patent...
...more hard-boiled in his determination for revenge than the New York Sweeney, Len Cariou. Though he's missing Cariou's subtle glee, Hearn nonetheless rivets us to Todd's obsessive mission. Failing once to exterminate the dastardly judge, his "Epiphany" is the anguished outcry of a crazed beast in its dying fury. The production's demonicism reaches its zenith in "A Little Priest", when Hearn and Lansbury combine to offer the occupants of society's beehive as ingredients for their delectable pies...
...Egypt on an unofficial nine-day tour to see the ancient sights and create a few new ones. Outside the Great Pyramid of Cheops in Giza, he gamely wrapped himself in Arab robes and called for "the toughest camel." Cracked Edward of Arabia as he mounted the snorting beast: "I want to look like Henry Kissinger looked." But the majestic surroundings also left Hizzoner humbled: "Will the ruins of New York City have the same grandeur 1,000 years from now?" Even the Big Apple's chief polisher had to admit, "I don't think...
Altered States. A modern Dr. Jekyll unleashes the primal beast within himself. The meeting of Paddy Chayefsky and Ken Russell set off a daft, cagey combustion of ideas and styles, producing a fantasy of delirium and delight...
Says Dr. Kistler: "He watches so that there is no injury to her." In addition to pictures of Mr. B and Peter Martins, her living room shows off her precious collection of unicorns, the legendary beast that is associated with purity. But lately Darci has a new interest; she now likes images of swans...