Word: huts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...setting itself. A crazy paradise of flowers and vegetables watered by a bamboo shoot irrigation system, with chicks and ducks squawking away in coops and homemade wine chilling in the well in the cellar. It is colorful and peaceful, save for the screams and yells escaping from Nelly's hut...
...stay-at-homes will dance to this same rhythm. To them, summer supper does not mean a familial gathering around the groaning board, with Granny presiding over steaming tureens of garden-fresh vegetables. It means a quick take-out order from the local Kentucky Fried Chicken or Pizza Hut, with plenty of potato chips and soft drinks to stave off the pangs until Dad carts the meal home. The kitchen is where the wrappings are thrown away...
...water system and septic tanks are broken, as are the toilets in apartments underneath a sagging pink dance hall. "This used to be a great, far-out place, lots of parties and no hassle," said Rabbit, one of the final dozen hippies who last week evacuated their grimy quonset hut on the edge of town. He added: "I don't see how the ole reverend is goin' to make...
STANDING OUTSIDE A THATCHED HUT in the hills, a family of Mapucho Indians describe the way their lives havemimproved under the Allende regime. One man begins to sob, and a woman standing near him explains, "It's a very emotional thing for us." A coal miner says, "Before it was terrible because the 'momios' [the rich, the big landowners] ran things and threw us out when they were angry. Now we are in good shape. We work for ourselves and so for Chile." Their words are not forced--they come from the heart...
...performance did not always sound as enraptured or inspiring as it might have. Of course, the brass in the familiar opening "Promenade" and "Gnomus" effectively blurted out the image of the exhibition and the composer's ambling from picture to picture. But until near the final "Hut on Fowl's Leg" and "Great Gate of Kiev," the performance seemed a bit weighted down and torpid in parts. The quick changes of mood in the "Promenades," with the horn, winds and violins heralding a new picture, were well enough evoked. But in certain spots, such as the high-pitched "Il Vecchio...