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Word: ropewalk (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...literary part of Diaspora, it is by no means an unqualified success. College literati generally ropewalk their readers over deep pits full of slobbering metaphors and toothless symbols--all juicily anticipating being able to gum us to death down below. The freshness of youth too often translates as poetry into tired old cliches, because students usually have a naivete about what has come before...

Author: By Tom Blanton, | Title: Crying in the Desert | 5/21/1976 | See Source »

...Majesty's Service, this time a taste of commando assault training, the Tarzan and ropes course. "He doesn't lack for fitness," allowed a Royal Marines' spokesman. Prince Charles must have blanched, however, when commanded to negotiate a 20-ft. high tree-to-tree ropewalk. The whole adventure was clearly one he would just as soon never try again. Said he: "A most horrifying expedition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 27, 1975 | 1/27/1975 | See Source »

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