Word: parrot
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...world's-most famous painting. When Culture Minister Andre Malraux decided to redecorate the gallery and install in it the museum's collection of French paintings, the first question was what could possibly replace La Giaconda's enigmatic smile? The answer, decided Director Andre Parrot and Curator Michel Laclotte, was the tragic clown figure, Gilles, painted in 1720 by Antoine Watteau. And surprisingly, the replacement so far has met with nothing but approval...
...Kent Parrot, one of the greatest scorers in Harvard hockey history, is gone this year, but the Crimson hockey team probably doesn't know it. Deep at all positions, blessed with speed and quickness, and laden with scoring power, the Harvard varsity hockey team stands a chance of cracking Cornell's Ivy League dynasty...
...Crimson has ten letterman returning from last year's 15-9 season and a high-scoring freshman line to replace scoring greats Parrot and Jack Garrity. It has four lines and six defensemen who Coach Cooney Weiland says could all play...
...varsity opens its season unofficially against St. Nick's, a club of former college players whose ranks include Parrot and perhaps Garrity, this Saturday at Harvard...
...Jack Gold reflects the quiet terror of military routine in claustrophobic closeups. The soldiers sprawl in their bunks, prickling the silence with wisecracks and gibes to pass the time. When a sergeant enters, the guards are suddenly heel-clicking marionettes, wooden parodies of soldiers, drained of emotion as they parrot back orders. The camera lingers on the faces of Evans and O'Rourke, the Mutt and Jeff of the absurd, one fearful, the other flashing madness from bright blue eyes...