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They get you on some small pretext; they torture you, and the only way they leave open as an alternative to death is recantation. You recant and you stay alive; you don't recant and you rot or die in prison...
...Hammersmith, who had originally demanded $58 in extra pay to clean up post-Jubilee litter, eventually settled for $17. The Socialist Workers Party managed to sell some badges urging STUFF THE JUBILEE, and the Movement Against a Monarchy claimed great success in its sale of auto bumper stickers proclaiming ROT ALL RULERS. But an anti-Jubilee rally in London attracted a grand audience of eight...
before deciding my lengthy battle with athlete's foot and root rot left my sole too scarred for a frisky chase through the thorny maze of iamb, anapest and trochee...
...material obsessions of Oriental art. Of all substances from which sculpture could be made, wood was the closest to life. But other materials were more durable. Most surviving Chinese sculpture, from the Chou dynasty (1122-222 B.C.) onwards, is in substances that do not burn, rot or get worm-eaten: stone, ceramic, bronze. Nevertheless, the tradition of wooden sculpture was immense. It cannot be exhausted in one show; but this week a delectable exhibition of 70 objects, all from Western collections, opens at Manhattan's Asia House Gallery. Entitled "Masterworks in Wood: China and Japan," it was organized...
...Kleker, whose family decided to move to Wyoming. "We're getting screwed and there's nothing we can do about it. Sometimes it makes you feel a little crazy." Adds Senior Candy Baldridge: "We just wonder why the people of this community made us sit home and rot. I feel like I've been gypped...