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...film moves in a seamless fashion from pow-wow discussions involving the supporting cast to odd shots of hands and candles and lights fading in and out. The rest of the cast (T. Wendy McMillan as the professor Kia, Migdalia Melendez as Kia's lover, Evy, and the cavorting Daria, played by Anastasia Sharp) gossip about the progress of Max and Ely's romance. And I forgot to mention, the entire film is made in black and white...

Author: By G. WILLIAM Winborn, | Title: THE GIRL IS OUT THERE | 7/8/1994 | See Source »

While holding firm in his political stance, Alliger emphasizes that dance can be a completely unobtrusive form of activism. This past Columbus Day, for example, Dance Umbrella staged a two-day "Pow-wow" at the Hatch Shell in Boston. This festival brought together a variety of Native American and Latin music, dance, crafts, storytelling and theater to provide a different perspective of the 500th anniversary of the "discovery" of America. "This event was meant to be educational, not confrontational," claims Alliger. "We were celebrating 500 years of survival of the Native American people...

Author: By Phoebe Cushman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dance Umbrella: | 10/22/1992 | See Source »

...winner was NBC's galloping "news correspondent" Tom Brokaw, fresh from his exclusive prime-time pow-wow with Gorby in Moscow. He still has trouble pronouncing words that begin with the letter "L", but he was in charge throughout with the help of the same bell that rings when letters are turned on Wheel of Fortune. Candidates knew their minute was up when a soft electronic bell was cued, much like Johnny Carson knows he has to break to a commercial when the pianist breaks into arpeggios...

Author: By Steven Lichtman, | Title: A Brokawed Convention | 12/3/1987 | See Source »

...friend. She describes Southwestern as "a word-of-mouth network within the country," adding that recruiters "seduce you into selling." After attending the sales school in late May. Bingham says her team will be assigned to an area in the West. Every Sunday they will meet for a "pow-wow" to compare experiences and successes Describing Southwestern as a "capitalistic cult." Bingham says she will sell the books "partly for the money and partly for the adventure...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: The Southwestern Equation | 5/6/1982 | See Source »

...copied this off on her machine an' did it in a rush an' there's several mistakes you'll run across. Use your head, pipecleaner. One doesn't squat before the campfire to bow-wow and barley. One squats before the campfire to pow-wow an' parley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bow-Wow and Barley! | 1/22/1973 | See Source »

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