Word: gar
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ogden Stiers flutters a few pages of Bob Randall's life less book with a rich parody of Barrymore à la ham. A myopically talent-scouting producer spots this sorry lot and, mesmerized by the redoubtable Henning, books them for Broadway, where they will remain unless the cou gar gets loose some night...
Violated Spirit. In other Common Market capitals, the reaction to the Roman surprise was one of irritation tempered by caution. A number of European statesmen complained privately that the restriction represented a beg-gar-thy-neighbor attempt by the Italians to solve their own problems at other countries' expense. Some even questioned the legality of the move, suggesting that Italy had violated the spirit, if not the letter, of the EEC charter. The Common Market has been built on the idea of a free exchange of goods...
...Braves gave the Celts unexpected problems because Jim McMillian, Gar Heard and Bob McAdoo continually ripped rebounds away from their opponents' outstretched hands...
...Rhade slipped away, back to longhouses where there were neighbors to talk to.) Y Blo, the sorcerer, tries to keep the spirits friendly. Grandmother Pan, who divides up village land for cultivation though political leadership is in male hands, still helps out when there's a difficult birth. Y Gar, the hunter, hits monkeys and boar and barking deer almost as often as he misses, so expert is he at reading the hidden significance of birdcalls and at shooting his suju-wood crossbow...
...agrees Soprano Kiri Te Kanawa, an unusual name. At Covent Gar den last year, Basso Cesare Siepi kept asking, "Where is Kanawa?" as he looked around for a Japanese singer. In fact, the elegant Kiri is a New Zealander, the descendant on her father's side of a Maori chieftain. She now lives in England, where for the past three years her star has been steadily rising. Last week Kiri began to shine in New York too. In the grandest of operatic traditions, she made her Metropolitan Opera debut on a mere three hours' notice. Substituting...