Word: crows
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...number of the sounds are effected off stage in the usual way. But Kahn, in quite a few instances, brings stagehands into full view to stimulate the required sounds. So we see a man imitating a cock's crow at dawn; and another enters to ape a train whistle by blowing into a set of three wooden pipes. When an 11-year-old Joe Crowell appears to deliver the morning newspapers, we spot another fellow crouching to create a swish-plop on the stage floor with a wire brush and a soft beater, while Joe mimes the act of delivery...
DuBois got his first taste of the barriers that existed for blacks in America when he attended Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. The experience of Jim Crow laws--being forced to ride in segregated transportation, eat in separate dining facilities, denied the right to vote--left DuBois with a sense of the "absolute division of the universe into black and white...
...crow about American resolve when the status quo was restored but proceeded to construct on this foundation further peaceful links with the other side (including the nuclear test-ban treaty and hot line). Let us hope that President Ford, who has been admirably restrained in his rhetoric about the Mayaguez, can also convert this experience with confrontation into a new effort for cooperation...
...most visible evidence of the new fortifications system is a 13-story observation tower, almost identical to a tower built by the Egyptians on their side of the demilitarized zone. Israeli soldiers man the crow's-nest continually, logging every movement on the other side. The Israelis estimate that the Egyptians have built enough bunkers for a force of five to seven infantry divisions, which could be transported across the canal within six hours, along with fire-control centers and launching sites on the east bank of the canal. In addition, there are at least 250 artillery pits...
...held late last month was as bizarre and ludicrous as its sponsor. Along with the traditional drums and dancers, the center of attention was Amin's "Black Watch," a motley assortment of Ugandan soldiers in Royal Stuart tartan kilts, tunics, diced glengarries and plastic sporrans decorated with pied crow feathers. A dozen Africans puffed Scotland the Brave on bagpipes-a measure of Amin's admiration for the Scots, which dates back to his days in the British army...