Word: outdoors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...them to play commandante/captive games. The thoroughly bourgeois guests ("I like nice, well-cared for things," one says) choose to be submissive, though they promise each other that they will make a joint complaint. Philips adoptive father finds the group, admonishes his son, then leads everyone to his lavish outdoor banquet. One guest refuses what the others coo over as "an opportunity you don't get very often," and leaves; his departure irks both the ruler and Philip, and after some prodding the entire party sets off with gun and dog to bring him back...
Without its plush outdoor landscapes, the movie would be almost indistinguishable from a particularly disastrous Laugh-In. The choppiness of the action could be excused as it precludes a continuous plot-line, which is also absent in the book. But the minimal transitions that are attempted lack the barest suggestion of originality. It just so happens, for instance, that Grand is an avid TV-watcher, and his propensity to change channels lets Southern smuggle in random bits about a disguised puma that eats its competition at a silk-stocking New York dog show and two gnarled heavyweight contenders who prance...
...elephant at the Royal Palace, then led a two-mile procession through the capital. At a courtyard in the Palace of the Lion, the prince joined the princess in seven ceremonial circuits around an eternal flame. They then sat down on a simulated bed for a full night of outdoor chanting with Brahmin priests and more Vedic rituals. In one, the couple's feet were washed by every one of the bride's nearly 200 family members. Clean, but cold; the temperature was about...
...proceeds from the tournament will go to the Sportsman's Tennis Club. which is erecting eight outdoor and four indoor tennis courts in Roxbury. The total cost of the construction will be about...
James A. Smith, head of the drive to erect eight outdoor and four indoor courts in the Roxbury community, said. "We needed something big, a real attention focuser. The world title match will direct attention to our project. We hope it will let possible donors learn what we're doing out here...