Word: capes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...heads cut from bodies, and carved wooden animals sold to antique dealers. "Carousels are diminishing to a terrible extent," mourns Frederick Fried, author of A Pictorial History of the Carousel. To halt the destruction, more than 200 lovers of that old amusement-park staple gathered in Sandwich, Mass., on Cape Cod not long ago to form the National Carousel Roundtable and dedicate themselves to ensuring the future of the merry-go-round, the whirligig and the flying jinny-as carousels have been variously known in their 95-year history...
Baker has been playing sax since he was 12 years old (he's now 27), and he concedes that music is his life. When he isn't playing for Sha Na Na, he's playing in jam sessions down on Cape Cod. Yet as much as music means to him, he doesn't see the Sha Na Na act as strictly musical...
Liberation was no small feat for the revolutionary African Party for the Independence of Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands, which mobilized opposition to Portuguese domination of the nation's blacks. The PAIGC freed Guinea-Bissau from the yoke of four centuries of Portuguese colonialism that continues to oppress Mozambique and Angola...
...Fair is appearance of members of the Performing Arts Foundation of New York City. This talented group of young professional artists will present a series of one hour performances of international song and dance. Another highlight will be performances by La Meri's Ethnic Dance Group of Cape Cod. An international folk orchestra on Friday, a Bavarian orchestra on Saturday, and a Hofbrau band and Steel Band on Sunday will provide music for dancing in a specially designed garden featuring international wines...
...passed limiting women to fighting from horseback. But Angela Hernandez, 24, got gored, metaphorically speaking, before she even entered a corrida. Although a Madrid labor court upheld Angelita's right to fight on foot, the Ministry of the Interior refused to grant her a license. Working her cape close to the horns of the dilemma as she trained on a bull ranch near Seville, Angelita exploded: "These damned men. What do they think they are doing? Women fly planes, fight wars and go on safaris; what's so different about fighting bulls?" ∙ An odd couple, Wilt...