Word: midriff
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sound Analysis. In Sausalito, Calif., Justice Walter Derr fined Artist Rodney Roth $50, ruled that the sound Mrs. Valerie Humphries had made at a party when Roth bit her bare midriff was "a yell of pain" rather than, as the painter had testified, "a cry of ecstasy...
...wear trunks without tops at the beach. Theoretically, they must cover their chests while walking to the beach, but MDC will not enforce this rule unless bathers are so robust that ungainly folds o flab distort the midriff...
...blonde's shapely body was pushed slowly against the whirring circular saw. In the orchestra pit, the musicians shielded their instruments and cowered under sheets of butcher paper. The saw ripped menacingly through the girl's clothes, bit into her midriff, began to spew what looked exactly like blood and entrails all over the stage and into the audience. Women shrieked and fainted. Finally, with the blonde all too realistically sawed in half, Argentine Illusionist Richiardi Jr. invited the spectators up for a closer look. Hundreds trooped onstage, stared at the gory shambles and the blonde (still intact...
...part of shepherdess Damon was sung by June Donald from the Longy School in a touching natural way. Acis, played by James Perrin, was the only incongruous character. His costume, a combination of long underwear and a green and pink midriff, seemed to clash with everything in sight. Nor did he show the skill at stylization of the other characters, but remained pompously planted throughout most of the production. His tenor voice was robust, however, and, with a few exceptions in the Upper register, assured...
...also knew that six weeks from now, while the jerseys might still be taut over the pads, the midriff sections would he flapping like empty spinnakers...