Word: mule
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...woman who travels alone, says Adventurer Mary Morris, "should know how to strike a proud pose, curse like a sailor, kick like a mule, and," she advises, "you mustn't be a fool." Especially when your roads lead way off the beaten track. Morris is not one for a luxury cruise. Instead she opts for danger and discomfort. Nothing to Declare is a memoir of her travels in Central America, which she explores in the tradition of truth through squalor, using a Mexican slum as a base camp. Despite occasional lapses into over- studied eloquence, she is a fascinating guide...
...most outstanding characteristic is talent; her ability to do the dives exceeds all others in the league," says Diving Coach Jeff Mule. "On the Eastern Seaboard, she and two others are in a class by themselves...
...Mule is quick to point out, "If she were to miss a dive, she could be beaten by a mediocre diver. When the nerves are raging, you have to come through. But Jenny has proven that she can do that over the last two years...
Dame comes up at your elbow. Enough makeup to make Tammy Faye look like a Breck girl. Says in a voice like a mule eating briars, "Vodka and orange this time -- I'm trying to save my liver." Fires up a Pall Mall. Says, "Who am I kidding? Forget the orange...
They say goodbye, and Ifan continues his walk down the path until he comes to a barbed-wire corral. There, a tan pony and a gray mule stand quietly. A heavenly silence seems to enfold the land. Ifan walks the corral, and the mule comes over to better observe this strange man. They stare at each other for several minutes, and then Ifan nods to the mule and walks on. Ifan, today, will be a solitary apparition in the dreamscape...