Word: ooh
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reception on the elegant, and secure, grounds of an 18th century palace, the Schloss Charlottenburg. Indeed, the President's advance team, understandably, has been very careful about where Reagan will appear publicly throughout the trip. As one French political adviser put it: "The Americans are super security conscious-ooh-la-la-and they are not about to let him dive into a crowd to shake hands...
...finally has a chance to check the numbers. Of course, there's the answer. Back-up quarterback Donnie Allard wears number four. Two quarterbacks in the game at the same time, and one of them in motion! Ooh, that Restic. The Man chuckles, always something different, always something crazy. But then The Man starts to get anxious, remembering what pass plays did to his team the last time, remembering numbers like 33 for 55, for 501 yards, remembering Bob Holly's arm cocking over and over again...
...answer, sad to say, is that few people can even imagine watching tennis on television without hearing Bud Collins reciting poetry in the background. We have even become accustomed to the Bud Collins I'm really-excited-and can't-speak-English routine. ("Ooh...John got it...ah. Bjorn...unbelievable!...bang, he's got it...oh no!... the Swedish assassin...
This is no "ooh" and "aah" exhibition. There are a few startling things: the wreath and the larnax; the bronze greaves that could have been Philip's, and show one leg to have been considerably shorter than the other; the 3-ft.-high bronze krater, or urn, found in a grave at Derveni, encircled by Dionysian figures going through the motions of a languid orgy. And there will be several miniature oohs at the smaller bronzes and the medallions and the three ears of wheat fashioned in gold, life-size and perfect (used as a funerary offering...