Word: palmful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Brando now spends half the year in this retreat, where life and problems are simpler. He lives in a thatch-roofed hut, shaded by tall palm trees, at the edge of a white beach. It is one large room with lift-up frond shutters that invite the gentle sea breeze. In addition to a large bed festooned with mosquito netting, the room contains a refrigerator and gas-fed stove. In the back, separated by a wall, is a flush toilet and shower. The place is comfortable but fairly primitive, very much a man's digs...
...Tangent Watchers," the most recent of a series of intimate dances titled "Inscapes," Gray does succeed in reaching beyond her theme. A duet for two women, the pieces begin with Gray pounding her fist into her palm, Susan Dowling catching one wrist with the other hand. Dowling delicately arrests her gestures, Gray percussively snaps hers. Both work within their own style of moving and yet transcend their individuality too, dancing in unison through the second half of the piece. In contrast, Gray starts off another dance in the series, "Looking to See," with unison movement. In this piece a second...
...taverns, bingo parlors and shopping centers, he greets voters: "Hi, I'm Ben Woods. Running for delegate to the Democratic Convention. Appreciate your support on April 27." He does not even mention Jackson's name unless asked. The palm card he hands out carries his own handsome picture but not Jackson's-the Senator's name appears only in fine print. At a V.F.W. post, an acquaintance tells Woods, "I'll vote for you because I know you, but I'm for Humphrey." Woods has a ready response: "The way to stop Carter...
...like playing under the Florida sun, but the Crimson batmen aren't complaining. They opened the real part of their schedule (the part against teams located north of the Mason-Dixon line) with a 5-4 victory over Boston College at Soldiers Field yesterday, and although there were no palm trees adorning the foul lines, a win is still...
...conscience and thought. These cannibals, however, would be at home in a minstrel show: they chuckle over the white man's antics, flash long rows of gleaming teeth and pass a great deal of time either sitting around the campfire or singing about the funny ways of the palm tree. For the mentality behind Man Friday, this may indeed represent a higher form of culture...