Word: ramayana
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ramayana, which opened six years ago as one of Manhattan's few Indonesian restaurants, boasts a striking decor: a pedicab parked in the lobby, menus bound in batik, hostesses in flowing Indonesian gowns. At night, when native dancers perform, the restaurant's prices are high, but the buffet lunch is a bargain: for $5.50, guests can take their pick of dozens of spicy (skewered beef) or sweet (banana soup) dishes. For some executives from nearby oil-company offices, however, the food must have a bitter taste these days. According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the restaurant...
...seeks an injunction barring further sales of stock in the Ramayana. Its action comes a bit late: Sutowo, 62, seems to have no need of further capital. Although he was fired by Pertamina last year after it ran up debts and losses of perhaps $10 billion, he remains one of the richest men in Indonesia. His restaurant partners have not been as lucky. They still own stock in the Ramayana, but the shares have never paid dividends-and oilmen get no discounts on their rijsttafel...
...concrete stairs in front of an admiring throng. He has been shot, though only by a .22 in the arm, by an assistant. All these penances are recorded with great care on video tape and Polaroid film by other assistants, as the deeds of Ramachandra were recorded in the Ramayana. It was explained to me that since most cultured Americans do nothing more strenuous than a little bluefishing from a boat purchased with their last foundation grant, they prize something called "gratuitous risk," provided some other artist is taking...
...killings. Twenty percent of the victims are dispatched by knife, while poison is rarely used. In Manhattan, there have been two recent cases of murder by bow and arrow, and some years ago another New Yorker attempted murder by rattlesnake. As Princess Sita observed in Ramayana, the ancient Indian epic of nonviolence: "The very bearing of weapons changeth the mind of those that carry them...