Word: beate
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...which Catherine and Guards Officer Grigori Orlov overthrew Catherine's weakling husband Peter III. Orlov introduced young Potemkin into court circles, where he at once amused Catherine by imitating her German accent. Orlov soon became jealous, so he and his brother Aleksei picked a quarrel with Potemkin and severely beat him. This is one explanation, though unconfirmed, of how Potemkin lost an eye (hence his nickname, "Cyclops...
...floats upon the lake. The waters like a cataract descend from his opening jaws. Clouds of smoke issue from his dilated nostrils. The earth trembles with his thunder." Nonetheless, when Bartram's cockleshell of a boat was attacked by a giant alligator on a Florida lake, the naturalist beat at it with a club "until he withdrew sullenly and slowly into the water, looking at me and seeming neither fearful nor in any way disturbed...
...attack white suburbs, Minister of Police James Kruger invoked a section of the country's Riotous Assemblies Act that forbids all outdoor gatherings without official permission. By Week's end blacks−angered by the mindless vandalism−turned on the rioters. Residents of one township beat off a gang that tried to wreck a beer hall...
...your parents over at Anthony's Pier Four tonight, and likewise for brunch next Sunday at the Prudential Building's Top of the Hub, where bloody Marys and eggs abound at a moderately high expense. For the same meal, local hacks say, the Newton Marriott has everyone beat, with its endless and relatively cheap supply of bagels...
Just up the street is the Orson Welles Complex, one of the best theaters around. The Welles specializes in the slightly off-beat, and has three screens. So if you ever want to bliss out for about seven hours, this is your place. For Charles Bronson, Clint Eastwood's latest and other sometimes good trash, check out the neighborhood theaters and drive-ins in the Northern and Western suburbs...