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Ancient Rome--with a few side rips to Egypt--makes terrific fodder for Pudding material. If all else fails, after all, you can throw in a Roman numeral joke: "Take V," the taskmaster tells his crew. Or a hieroglyphic joke "Feather before squiggly line except after bird...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: Kicklines at the Colosseum | 2/24/1994 | See Source »

SWORD SWALLOWING MADE EASY (from a turn-of-the-century pamphlet): Use a peacock feather dipped in oil to tickle the throat, which helps you become familiar with the sensation. Swallow a rubber tube -- when the sword is swallowed, it will be encased in the tube. ((Make)) an imitation sword . . . out of licorice covered with tinfoil or aluminum paint; the licorice sword is swallowed and a real one produced from behind the back, giving "the impression the sword has passed entirely through you." Hire somebody to do it for you, as it may save you much annoyance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Of Dogs and Other Marvels | 2/14/1994 | See Source »

...some Swarthmore students believe that Bloom in his creative sentencing was succumbing to intimidation rather than battling it. "If I had my way, we'd tar and feather and toast him," says sophomore Laura Starita of Yearwood. "When you have someone like that, he's a danger to everyone on campus, especially women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Semester Break | 1/24/1994 | See Source »

...Dumbo] dropped the feather--and discovered he could fly anyway," Gore said. "The secret wasn't his feather--but his big ears...

Author: By Sandhya R. Rao, | Title: Gore Advocates Empowerment | 12/7/1993 | See Source »

...part of learning is the knowledge thatthere is no magic feather," said Gore, "Well, partof it is also learning that there really are waysto...

Author: By Sandhya R. Rao, | Title: Gore Advocates Empowerment | 12/7/1993 | See Source »

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