Word: boa
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...genitalia, mostly male, which makes it a peculiar supermarket indeed. Who can resist Joe D'Alasandro, his phallus wrapped up in a St. Laurent scarf like an obscene Christmas present for Isadora Duncan? Who can pass up Candy Darling, a transvestite with rubykeeler red lips and a feather boa, reading '40's Hollywood pulp sags aloud to prove she couldn't care less about Joe's ongoing blow job? Who could miss a Warhol lampoon of Blow-Up, with Joe cast as Verushka...
...Ostrich-Boa Hats. Born outside Paris in 1883, Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel (never called anything but Coco for "Little Pet") was orphaned at six and raised in the desolate province of Auvergne by two aunts. From them, she learned that little girls should sew, sit up straight and speak politely; for sewing, a skill that forever eluded her. Coco substituted horseback riding. From Etienne Balsan, a millionaire cavalry officer who brought her to Paris at 16, Coco acquired the habits and tastes of the wealthy. She liked them-all but the ladies' predilection for ostrich-boa-draped hats. To provide...
...elephant inside of a boa constrictor...
...father to invite a biology teacher to the Buckley home in Sharon, Conn., for the summer. The teacher came with his animals. By summer's end, there were more than 70 of them. The pupil later had his own smaller, but equally renowned zoo at Yale: one boa constrictor. Buckley has made two trips to the Arctic on scientific expeditions, and once considered becoming an ornithologist. On that, Brother William reverts to form: "Jim used to get up at 4 in the morning, when he was at Yale, to bird watch. Always struck me as ludicrous...
Deidre fed them while Alyosha completed his devotions, did his ablutions and anointed his body. He returned to them in an ancient brocade robe with a feather boa collar. Merilee sniffed odorless peace in this place of places, and Sam inhaled some too. In a rush Merilee knew it was right and they should come here. Alyosha massaged her throbbing toe, did his subtle ministrations to reduce the pain and told Merilee of a duty she had to perform. Young Stefan was staying behind when Alyosha and Deidre left to find the Tribe in Oaxaca and the boy would need...