Word: rider
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...eerie strobe light, a black rider rears its steed (a man and puppet on stilts), sending fearful hobbits scurrying. Dead men rise from the Marshes (a roiling silver sheet) to make war against Sauron's legions. In the Mountains of Moria, Gandalf battles the enormous Balrog (an Erector-set confection with steaming orange eyes) as the sound effects roar and a strong wind gusts from the stage, spraying the audience with a blizzard of black confetti. As for Frodo, he not only lives, he also sings in the new version of The Lord of the Rings, opening this week...
...hold. This does not surprise him. In his reality, dragons are in common use by the military; popular breeds include Winchesters and Regal Coppers. But dragons bond at birth, and when the egg hatches at sea, our hero, Captain Laurence, must become the dragon's rider--which distresses him, since, as everyone knows, "no woman of sense and character would deliberately engage her affections on an aviator." Laurence's induction into the strange, insular world of 19th century dragon riders and his unfolding relationship with his highly intelligent mount, Temeraire, make enthralling reading--it's like Jane Austen playing Dungeons...
...about getting the U.S. out, Sadr may be inclined to hedge his bets. On the one hand he is warning Iraqis that the greatest danger they face is posed by the presence of ?the occupation forces"; on the other hand he appears to be qualifying that demand with the rider, "even if on their own timetable." That may sound like a contradiction. Or it may just be a sign that Sadr has learned better than most of his peers in Iraq's political class that avoiding disaster in Iraq will require, above all, a great degree of flexibility...
...party is open to all, Society Zeta Alpha publicizes the event at various colleges in Boston. Outside of the Eliot dining hall, an orange flier is posted, advertising “FREE BEER” and featuring a male motorcycle rider and his androgynous passenger. Even though the party is advertised to all Boston students, it is the males who respond to it most enthusiastically...
...Saturday-night shuttle riders usually can’t wait to get off the crowded bus. But one “unwanted guest” just couldn’t let go. Police attempted to persuade the lingerer, who was itching to get somewhere the shuttle would not go, to dismount. Police asked him to hitch a ride in their cop car. The rider declined...