Word: ironical
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...costumes are so elaborate as to be distracting. Charles Weinstein, as Matti the iron founder, provokes laughter from the audience on his first entrance purely because of his plumed hat and bizarre purple outfit. But we're so busy looking at his clothes that we miss the significance of his lines. The same thing happens later in the play, when Peter Kazaras' strong speech as Pope Urbino is marred by the attention devoted to the progress of his complicated toilette...
...guess you'd have to say I'm in installation," Coffey said, putting down the flat rolled-steel iron pipe he had formerly been lugging around, and gingerly plopping himself down prone onto a pile of wood shavings...
...interests for China's sake. During the last 150 years, the United States has never risked its neck for China. It is hard to forget that until shortly before Japan's attack on the U.S. navy base at Pearl Harbor, the United States continued to supply Japan with scrap iron and oil crucial to its decade-long war effort against China...
Indoor addicts claim that electronic golf helps their game. "I've improved my accuracy and added 20 yards to all my iron shots," boasts Fritz Marchu, who plays at Golf-O-Rama three nights a week. Golf Pro Bob Johnson attributes the improvements to the fact that "a golfer is less ball conscious." The golfer knows he cannot lose his ball and thus concentrates more on his swing...
...suddenly, speculation on the possibility of a fusion mayor became serious, as Governor Nelson Rockefeller and Liberal Party chieftain Alex Rose tried to find someone they could agree on. Rockefeller wanted to prevent any possible change-of-mind by his arch-rival Lindsay, as well as extend his iron-hand control of the state into the city. Rose wanted to preserve Liberal influence at City Hall by making the next mayor beholden to him. Both Rockefeller and Rose wanted to stop the growing momentum of Congressman Mario Biaggi, a conservative Democrat who was also the most decorated policeman...