Word: navel
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...peak when they saw a glowing UFO from the highway. The sighting, Simon theorizes, served as a "day stimulus" for subsequent nightmares and wish-fulfillment fantasies. Betty, who is childless, described an obviously Freudian encounter with a humanoid who examined her and inserted a six-inch needle into her navel, explaining that it was a pregnancy test. Barney, who generally considers the Irish to be hostile toward Negroes, remembers being treated with respect by a humanoid who looked Irish...
...this adaptation by Writer-Director Joseph Mankiewicz, Volpone becomes (in literal translation) Mr. Fox, a world-weary voluptuary (Rex Harrison) who lives a vita that is incredibly dolce in contemporary Venice. "My wealth," he announces, "is no more a pleasurable object of contemplation than my navel." To enliven his ennui, he decides to bring Volpone to life, casting himself in the title role. For his unfaithful servant, he hires an unemployed actor (Cliff Robertson) who has always wanted to play the palazzo...
Later F found herself in a secret bat cavern deep in the mountains nearby Paris. She wore a circlet of peacock feathers about her neck and the words "Property of the batboys" were written in silver tape in a heart shape around her navel...
Star of the showings was West Coast Designer James Galanos. His dresses were often tailored close to the figure, and belts were placed high to emphasize the bosom. One culotte dress had large, oval-cut armholes, another a V neck slashed almost to the navel. Evening gowns featured the bare look with slanting necklines draped off one shoulder...
...grasp of English led them aboard a spacecraft and inspected the captives separately. Barney's removable dentures mystified his examiners; so did the dissimilarity between his skin and his wife's-he is a Negro; she.is white. A 6-in. needle was inserted into Betty's navel; she was told it was a pregnancy test. After a while the Hills, dazed and in a state bordering on amnesia, were taken back to their car. They finished their journey, reaching Portsmouth two hours later than they had anticipated...