Word: elian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...long before a glorious tapestry. The owner stays the blow of an impatient courtier, allows the stableboy an additional moment of art appreciation and then adds, "When you've done, go out quietly." That, implies the author, is the history of the commoner before his betters. But in Elian's retelling, everyman proves uncommon, and a mockingbird sits on his shoulder. When these Millses leave, they go noisily, and the echo they leave behind is the rocking sound of the last laugh. - By R.Z. Sheppard