Word: milo
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sculpture that caused the most goggling was a copy of the one that most Greeks thought they knew best the Louvre's Venus de Milo. This ver sion, however, was by Spain's Salvador Dali, so of course there was a difference. Dali had put drawers on her. Here and there he had cut out sections and turned them into sliding compartments. One visitor, proceeding on the premise that drawers are for opening, pulled out Venus' forehead, breasts and stomach before a horrified guard could stop...
...toward the rail as if he intended to run right into Dapper Dan. At the last second before a collision. Turcotte turned his colt away. The maneuver served its purpose: for the barest instant. Dapper Dan flinched and broke stride-and in that instant Tom Rolfe won the race. Milo Valenzuela, who rode Dapper Dan, claimed foul. The stewards did their duty: they thought about it for 15 min. before they disallowed the claim. Richer by $12,810, his 10% cut of the winner's purse, Jockey Turcotte cheerfully admitted: "I really closed the gate on that other horse...
...Later favored by the nobility, the false capon cuckolds his patrons. He reveals his secret to one elegant lady (Anouk Aimée) while he helps her undress. Another (Barbara Steele) learns the truth when the two snuggle into a barrel used as a duck blind. A third (Sandra Milo) gets the news under a cape while performing at a fashionable impromptu. Her husband applauds...
With a lucky yellow ribbon tied to the headband of his bridle and 128 lbs. (including Jockey Milo Valenzuela) on his back, Kelso lined up with Gun Bow and three other rivals for the 1⅛-mile Aqueduct Stakes, first of New York's late-season weight-for-age races. "He'll beat Gun Bow, you wait and see," insisted Mrs. du Pont. Few in the Labor Day crowd of 65,066 agreed with her. They sent Kelso off at 2-1, his longest odds in 19 months. The odds...
Fair or Olympic crowds can appreciate great works of art. The Venus de Milo is being shown in a flashy arena with a moving platform to carry viewers by without strain; the Pietà will be dramatically lighted in a staging designed by Jo Mielziner...