Word: cobweb
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...barn, and the results were displayed. Jill checked them out, feeling more confident about her own gifts as she went along. Then she saw one "that shook me like wheels spinning. It was art, far better than mine. It showed a loose shingle on the barn roof and a cobweb in the field. I'd missed those details that added insight to the picture. I realized I lacked the genius to see more than other eyes...
...Silver Jubilee production Bruno Santini designed fresh costumes and settings for the fairy world that are all silver and black. And, taking a cue from the Fairy Queen's remark about being able to "swing upon a cobweb," he opened the show by dropping in a huge cobweb. This denial of a broad spectrum only serves to heighten the impact of the ensuing magnificent procession of Peers, fifteen strong, resplendently garbed and sporting rich velvet capes of different colors. The music itself not only parodies marches by Bellini, Meyerbeer, Wagner and Verdi but is also better than the pieces...
...cobweb of rules creates a subterranean economy
...garages and small retail shops, to youths doing part-time chores for pin money, and to the employment of illegal aliens and retired people who also collect Social Security checks. Ultimately, Gutmann feels, the subterranean economy, like black markets around the world, was created by the nation's cobweb of employment restrictions and tax rules. Coupled with a new-morality spirit of what he calls "selective obedience to the law," they encourage Americans to cheat the System when they can get away with it. Unless the Government faces up to the figures and to the need for sweeping...
...previously almost as embarrassing to watch as the dancing spirits had appeared to feel. Puck is angular and supple. He/she whirls and dazzles and confuses the more staid spirits, spinning around the stage, and reciting her lines with gleee and, at the same time, a cruelty that sends Cobweb, Peaseblossom, Mustard Seed, Moth and the other fairies fleeing in dismay. Puck's mercurial appearances have this alarming effect on the players and audience alike...