Word: instants
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...instant conclave" of 1978 may be explained, at least in part, by the unusually long interim between Paul's death (Aug. 6) and the beginning of the conclave (Aug. 25). The Cardinals had plenty of time to get together in small groups and large, conferring, trading intelligence, lobbying ever so discreetly. By last Friday, when they assembled at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's Basilica, beneath Bernini's stained-glass window portraying the Holy Spirit as a white dove in a solid circle of gold, they had carefully weighed all the papabili (possible Popes). During a Mass...
...regarded as so out-of-date that most film makers considered the producers crazy to gamble $3.5 million on it. What is this kinky movie? And what famous male star appears in drag in the title role? If you answer Lassie to both questions, you will be given instant directions to Radio City Music Hall, where thousands of kids are laughing and crying every day at the trials of Hollywood's top dog in The Magic of Lassie...
...BEER. At Varina (pop. 140), where the Lions Club put on a spread (ham sandwiches, apples, homemade cookies, hot dogs) outside the elementary school, members thoughtfully spiked rolls of toilet paper on fence posts bordering the usefully protective 8-ft.-tall rows of corn. Night after night from the instant campgrounds across Iowa arose a bizarre melange of aromas: marijuana, freshly baked cookies, barbecues, sweat and suntan oil. Some folks thought the fragrance should be bottled. Essence de Ragbrai...
...subspecies of celebrity is made up of those instant young show-biz successes who so often make the covers of the magazines at the check-out counters. The editors, aiming at young spenders, obviously know their market. But if punk-rock music doesn't interest you, a punk-rock star's life won't either-being totally occupied with self and titillating, if at all, only for the offhand candor about living arrangements and drug experiences. A historian, an architect, a playwright, a woman Cabinet member, a Nobel scientist-all of these have lived longer, reflected more...
...southern mountains. Upstream, in the inner canyon, dark silences are deepened by the roar of stones. Something is listening, and I listen, too: who is it that intrudes here? Who is breathing? I pick a fern to see its spores, cast it away, and am filled in that instant with misgiving: the great sins, so the Sherpas say, are to pick wildflowers and to threaten children. My voice murmurs its regret, a strange sound that deepens the intrusion. I look about me - who is it that spoke? And who is listening? Who is this 'I' that...