Word: quistes
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...Anton N. Quist is hungry...
...meant to go to the International House of Pancakes but took a wrong turn and ended up in Watertown. "No matter," says Quist. Friendly's will do for lunch. Quist. skipped breakfast this morning and decides on what to order before I've opened my menu. Ten minutes later, Tammy brings me any hamburger and fries but keeps Anton waiting. I'm a little embarrassed by the situation, a passing metaphor for our respective home continents: he is hungry, I am not. I have food, he does not. Quist, born in Great Britain, is a citizen of Ghana, a country...
...Quist speaks with a thick, richly layered voice--a voice resonant with the melodic rhythm of Jamaica, the bass note of Ghana, the clipped, soproper pronunciation of the BBC, and clangy Americanisms picked up during four years of college. He can be loud when he want. At the Union dining hall, friends used to ask him to get the attention of someone at the far end of the hall, which he would do with a shout. He is of medium height, muscled so that people ask what sport he plays, thinking maybe soccer, maybe track, maybe boxing. He wears shorts...
...princess does return, and to the delight of her sisters and the Utopian maidens (Kathleen Sterling, Nadya Labi, Carole Stoops and Atissa Banuazizi), brings the handsome Captain Fitzbattleaxe (Peter Sroka) and two dashing First Life Guards (Andrew Howard and Anton Quist)--much to the consternation of Lady Sophy and the king. However, the king quickly changes his mind, sanctifying the attraction, when the captain informs him that the attraction is "particularly British...
Frederic organizes the police force to fight against the pirates but is confronted by Ruth and the Pirate King (Anton Quist) before the attack. They tell him he was born on February 29 and has only truly celebrated five birthdays. Since his apprenticeship was to conclude after 21 birthdays, he feels obligated to serve the pirates until...