Word: parroted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Fighting raged once again in Indochina last week, and troops surged into Cambodia's Parrot's Beak region, where American forces in 1970 had made their highly controversial incursion. This time, however, the foes were two Communist nations that had survived and triumphed over U.S. might. Viet Nam and Cambodia (which now calls itself Democratic Kampuchea) challenged each other not only with deadly gunfire but with blasts of bitter propaganda, while their sponsoring powers, the Soviet Union and China, watched uneasily from the sidelines...
...southern Viet Nam, the U Minh Forest, the Central Highlands and the area bordering Cambodia's Parrot's Beak, are proving as inhospitable to Hanoi's troops as they were to America's. Tattered groups of militant Hoa Hao Buddhists, disgruntled peasants and bitter former soldiers of the fallen Thieu regime in Saigon have established strongholds in these areas. Around Dalat, for instance, up to 2,000 veterans sporadically battle the forces of the new rulers. The fighting has been serious enough for circumspect Hanoi newspapers to admit that "veterans do not hesitate to open fire...
Then there are coffee houses with music. Reflections on Mt. Auburn St., Passims on Palmer St., and the Idler on Mt. Auburn under the Blue Parrot all have folk music several nights a week. Reflections serves African food, the Idler serves food and liquor, and Passims has the best music (if the highest cover charge...
Finally, for those who prefer fermented grapes to grains, several local restaurants have varied wine collections. The Wine Bar, on the second floor of the Garage, has a fine--if expensive--selection of wines, which go very well with their excellent desserts. You might also try the Blue Parrot and the Ha'Penny, which are both located on Mt. Auburn...
...Japanese sculptors, painters and poets. Their party game consisted of decorating unglazed raku (stoneware pottery), which could be painted, glazed and fired within an hour. The foreigner was handed a plate. He was nonplused. "What on earth does one put on a pot? . . . I made a drawing of a parrot. They plunged it into some glaze and it turned quite white; I thought they didn't like my drawing, but then I saw everyone's plate went through this process. The kiln was opened with tongs. The pots were put into a red-hot chamber...