Word: crescentic
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Moche pottery often depicted scenes of naked captives being sacrificed by having their throat cut. An imposing figure with an enormous crescent-shaped ornament on his conical helmet and large discs in his ears is ever present. From a goblet he drinks the blood of murdered prisoners. Scholars had speculated that these were mythical representations, but imposing regalia and ornaments placed around the 1,700-year-old corpse of the Sipan Lord and found in one of the other tombs gave the ceremonial slayings a grisly new meaning. From his attire, he was recognized as the Warrior Priest...
There was a beautiful sadness about the moment. The serenity of the thin crescent of beach as it lies today was seen by those on excursion boats in the English Channel and by Clinton at dawn from the deck of the U.S. aircraft carrier George Washington. More than one water-borne spectator sensed how fragile the whole D-day operation must have been, successful finally by its audacity and the spirits of young servicemen sustained by the singular strength that comes from freedom...
...have donated tens of millions of dollars in food, blankets and medicines to the handful of international-aid organizations still in Rwanda. But the fighting makes delivery of most relief supplies nearly impossible. "Money is not enough," says Ibrahim Osman of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. "Without serious military intervention, Rwanda cannot be saved...
...show as a whole was just this side of spectacular. Showcasing tunes from all of their albums, the Junkies played several great numbers from their latest, electrified release, Pale Sun, Crescent Moon, including the driving "Crescent Moon" and the up tempo "First Recollection...
...time, quite a few of the pieces are not working, and since even the ones that are have lengthy delays between cycles, the viewer spends a lot of time wondering when, if at all, something is going to happen. Then a cam turns, and neat little linkages make a crescent of feathers coquettishly unfurl or propel a row of knives, with sinister sexual intent, into a corresponding row of shaving brushes...