Word: companion
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...addition to being an exceptionally talented placekicker and striker, Papagianis terrorized Harvard pool tables with his $125 cue. Perhaps his finest moment was the day he and a friend "won" the cue of the infamous Minnesota Fats. In a fateful showdown in a St. Louis pool hall. Papagianis' companion beat the great Fats. A gracious loser always. Fats threw his stick at them and stormed...
King Of Hearts (Harvard Square): The movie this reviewer will attend if a suitable companion can be found. It's about a French town that opens the doors of its insane asylum just before the Nazis arrive. Cheaper than the MX and more effective. This is one of those cult movies that people go to see 37 times before they scream "I'm sick of this shit" and run out of the theater. My theory is that every fifth frame of a cult movie shows an authority figure saying "See this movie repeatedly." I use a similar tactic...
...studies. They meet for first time in 1950, when Brinnin calls on Miss Toklas to ask for material for a biography of Stein. While she refuses at first, it becomes apparent that Toklas, her identity inextricably tied to Stein, is more concerned with projecting her own perception of her companion than with forging her own individuality. Her reluctance to live the rest of her life recounting anecdotes is surpassed by her self-appointed duty as guardian of the faith...
...struck up a conversation with a middle-aged Black man who worked in a peanut warehouse. The two men became hungry, and drove some 30 miles in Oney's car to a steak house. But as the men got in line to order, Oney suddenly realized from his companion's confused look that his new friend was illiterate. Oney's discomfort grew when the two reached the salad bar--and he realized his acquaintance "didn't know what to do (at a salad bar)--he was kind of confounded by the whole thing." Reflecting, Oney says the incident "about broke...
...world of freedom. At the foot of the steps, the pair turned back toward the prison and raised their arms in victory to friends peering out the barred windows. Ezequiel Puentes-Prieto claimed he had never despaired of being freed because "I've never done anything wrong." His companion Jorge Perez-Paez had not lost hope either but admitted, "I had gotten depressed about ever leaving...