Word: nero
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nobody knows exactly how long ago the bagpipe was invented. In one incarnation it was known in Tutankhamen's Egypt and Plato's Greece. Nero had a passion for it. Its unnerving drones and belligerent skirls have been known to stir men's blood, their brains and, according to Shakespeare, their bladders.* It has led men into battle and lulled them to sleep. Last week it was the star attraction, when the Regimental Band, Massed Pipers, Drummers and Dancers of Her Majesty's Scots Guards made their first visit to Manhattan on a nine-week North...
...fell over orchidaceous ("Nero Wolfe was an orchidaceous hound," prompted Pronouncer Alleman), and a girl collapsed over the almost impossible chiastolite. On word No. 501, Sandra faced a crisis. Is vicinage spelled ige or age? Taking a deep breath, Sandra chose the "a," and survived...
...India oppose any dance sequences "if there is a shaking," as well as all drinking. In the "Student Prince," for example, a song was dropped only because beer was mentioned. Sometimes a foreign government directly interfers, as when King Farouk, discomforted with the vivid portrayal of a slovish Nero, put thumbs down on "Quo Vadis." In all, many countries outlaw more American films than they admit, and sometimes pay for a portion of their movie imports with the censorship fees. But Hollywood isn't worried yet, and won't, said one producer, "until they get tired of Technicolor...
...being shot at once with the same cast. Directors were arrogantly demanding 800 horses for a single scene. Drinking orgies, studio spies and gorgeous villas with swimming pools were the rule of the day. The purple sports shirt had replaced the purple toga, and through the narrow vias where Nero's chariot had clanked, the Jaguars were prowling...
...wisdom and patience (though it may be only a reasonable traffic regulation!) will be revealed by even the worst political system. It has often been observed, and rightly, that the 'government' of whose divine institution the Apostle Paul spoke* was the 'State' of Emperor Nero...