Word: belled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fairy somewhere that falls down dead." He thus upended the truth (people need fairies) and propagated a late Victorian myth (fairies need people) that must have grounded Puck and Ariel. The rest of the century was no kinder. Thanks to Peter Pan's continuing popularity and Disneyfication, Tinker Bell & Co. were ultimately reduced to trademarks or synonyms for homosexuals. The supernatural was obviously not long for this world. Until now. In Kingdoms of Elfin, Author Sylvia Townsend Warner, 83, never condescends to an ethereal race that views mortals as "unfailingly serious and unfailingly absurd." Instead, she talks about fairies...
Mead, seven-man George Bell, number eight John Stubbs, and George Colony at nine finished up the team whitewash. John Fishwick finished off the Engineers with an easy 3-0 win at number ten which did not count in the team scoring...
Regarding the legality of ringing the Memorial Church bells (Crimson, Feb. 10): The crux of the issue isn't illegality nearly so much as it is the disappointing lack of respect for the peace of mind of those students living near the church. The Memorial Church bells ring 6 days a week (including Saturday) at 8:40 a.m. Since the bells ring for 5 consecutive minutes, those of us with bedrooms facing the church must get up by that time whether we want to or not. Especially on Saturdays it does not seem unreasonable to want to sleep past...
...formula: family stability among black slaves - now widely accepted, despite the breakup of many families by sale - was a strong anti-insurrectionist force. Roots seems to agree with this explanation. When Kunta Kinte plans to run away for a second time, despite his partially amputated foot and love for Bell, she tells him that her first husband was killed for running away and her children sold off, and that now she is pregnant again. If slaves revolt or run away, the family is broken or killed. So Kunta stays. Thus Haley squares with the current theory...
Some slave women were raped and others treated with kindness. A slave named Frank Bell in New Orleans was often kept in chains; his master discovered that Bell had married and, in a drunken rage, cut off the girl's head...