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...fearsome in literature. But Jungians, with their emphasis on myth, are well equipped to deal with beasts in jungles, and soon Staunton has identified a number of monsters, including the manticore-a creature with the head of a man, the body of a lion and the tail of a dragon. It is himself, the barbed and beastly rationalist. The colloquies between patient and healer are of a high order; now and then they veer unexpectedly into a mad kind of comedy, as when he tells of the attempt of his socially ambitious stepmother and an inept dentist friend to mold...
...carrying seals, or later medicine; netsukes, the carved toggles that fastened the inros to one's sash; and tsubas, or sword guards. The amount of craft lavished on these small things almost surpasses belief. So, often, does their sculptural quality: witness Issan's tiny, writhing red dragon netsuke. To complete his inro bearing the motif of a Chinese ship, Ritsuo (1663-1747) had to apply some 80 coats of lacquer-the dangerously toxic sap from a Japanese relative of poison ivy. Lacquer is slow drying; it had to be left for days or even weeks between coats...
...prospectus that arrived at the Securities and Exchange Commission last week was illustrated with color pictures of dragon-teethed drilling bits -the applicant's main product. It might have been just one of dozens of similar documents submitted by firms before their stock can be sold to the public -except for the name. The Hughes Tool Co., crown jewel of the Howard Hughes financial empire, was up for sale. Hughes inherited Toolco in 1924 at the age of 18 from his father, who had invented a triple-headed conical drilling bit that revolutionized the oil-drilling business. The company...
...Dragon Vujovic, who has the natural talent to augment this line extremely well, it still not ready to play an entire game after returning from Europe out of shape and a week late, but will see considerable action on the line...
...crafts: calligraphy, armoring, needlepoint, medieval dance, heraldry and the brewing of mead, a potent alcoholic beverage fermented from honey. All the skills come together at tournaments-staged several times a year by the society's four "kingdoms" -where the guildists hawk medieval wares, including such products as "dragon's blood," a fine powder used in magic potions...