Word: motif
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...squalid Latin American tourist villages where hot sex and heavy gunfire are hourly occurrences in the public square; a bandleader and his wife sweating to live up to the lurid-and contradictory-bulletins the columnists issue about them; an old-fashioned Friday afternoon dancing class, in which the Penrod motif loses out to the pretty-pretty. There are the usual-all-too-usual-dance numbers in Lend an Ear, and some pleasantly forgettable tunes...
...winter, is concentrating on squash racquets in its main line of business. A concession has also been made toward other winter activities in terms of a full selection of skiis and snowshoes, a group of which are ingeniously gathered under the shop's Christmas tree to provide a Winter Motif. Socks, boots, mitts, poles, of course, and wax kits are also offered...
...line with the motif of the play--"Congreve, modern style"--the couples are forming the 18th century gavotte pattern which immediately turns into a hash-up of the Charleston, shag genre. The music for the gavotte ties in with the musical scheme of the play, changing from the traditional patterns to 20th century harmonies and dissonance...
Entrants must be from 5 ft. 3 in. to 5 ft. 9 in. tall (with heels) and the judges claim they will be rated primarily on poise, carriage, and style. Nothing is known as to the motif of the clothes worn, but it seems doubtful that anything as drastic as the Parisian imports will he exhiluted...
Well, the cover portrait of him is perfect. The Pied Piper motif-oh, drop dead! I'm one of the rats...