Word: magics
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...tenacity in coveting power: two months ago, three of his own Cabinet had left his discredited administration, unable to persuade him to step down. Instead, casting himself in the role of a northern Harry Truman, Diefenbaker had set out on the hustings again, hoping to revive the old magic, a cornered and dangerous fighter...
Provocative Fact. The eleven played a difficult repertory that tested all their talents-the overture of Mozart's The Magic Flute. Chopin's Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, a recitative and duet for tenor and soprano from Mozart's Don Giovanni. Then, as a harrowing surprise treat, each was given the score to Tadeusz Baird's Czetry Eseje-a contemporary work none of them had seen before-and told to be on the podium in four minutes, ready to conduct. Six survived. Said Chief Judge Bernstein darkly: ''One provocative fact: there...
...March 1959. in the British Central Africa protectorate of Nyasaland, harmless-looking Elard Chipandale, 31, tied a handful of magic twigs about his waist, donned a coat of tree bark, and turned himself into a crocodile. He lay in wait by the bank of the Mwanza River for an eight-year-old girl named Mponda
This was Elard's own mystical version of what some might consider merely a case of murder for pay. The girl's grandfather, Odreck Kasoci, had sought out Elard to get rid of the annoying child because Elard was well known in the neighborhood as a "magic man." and therefore qualified to deal with the problem. Odreck agreed to pay $13.50 for the assassination, but when the deed was done, he reneged. Chipandale sued in a native court for his fee-and won. But a government policeman happened in on the proceedings and reported...
...three were unanimous in their answer: "He turned himself into a magic crocodile and seized the child...