Word: cliff
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...plays himself, an American city boy learning how to live in the wilds of Africa. His part demands several dangerous encounters, including a puffadder handling exhibition. So far he has demonstrated his cool by dangling at the end of a rope over the face of a sheer, 250-ft. cliff to inspect a vulture's nest. Then, wearing a bracelet of elephant's hair to deter a tusker's charge, he stepped out to meet the warriors in a Masai village. Recognizing Bobby right away as a brother, the ocher-smeared men shared a gourd...
...Harder They Come will also be at the Welles for a while, and like The King of Hearts it is something of a Cambridge classic. It features Jimmy Cliff and some good reggae...
...electrical fire filled the crew chamber with smoke and caused the premature release of ballast, sending the sub soaring rapidly to the surface. Even so, researchers seem unworried. Says Geologist Xavier Le Pichon, the chief French scientist: "The worst that could happen would be getting stuck under an overhanging cliff. But with three submersible craft in operation, we can come to one another...
Waldman smashed his first singles opponent, 6-2, 6-2, and then paired with Cliff Adler to edge Princeton's first doubles duo, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4. Bill Wallace collected Harvard's third win by downing Princeton's fourth man, Jeff Oakes...
...fairy tales the prince sometimes saves his skin and pushes the plot forward by turning into a succession of wild creatures. Trapped on a cliff, he may become a magpie and fly away. Blocked by a lake, he is transformed into a silver fish who swims under the window of a disconsolate princess in time to catch the golden ring she drops and be turned into a prince again. Somewhat the same sort of trick is managed in this beautifully controlled first novel...