Word: sit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...strategy bears more than a passing resemblance to Mao Tse-tung's guerrilla primer, which is natural, since the game was invented by the Chinese.* As subsequently developed by the Japanese, Go is surrounded by an elaborate code of courtesy. "Sit up straight-do not lounge over the board," goes one stern directive. "Do not blow smoke in your opponent's face," goes another. Players must politely warn opponents of impending capture by saying "Atari," to which the frequent reply is "Komatta na!"-meaning "Oh, what a mess...
...apartment, City Hall, and scores of other familiar landmarks move effortlessly on and off the stage. Unfortunately, Superman himself is another matter. The wire he dangles from looks like a cable thick enough to hold the Queen Mary. And the illusion of flying is hardly enforced if you sit at the side and see Holiday waiting high up in the wings for each of his entrances...
...seven released today were arrested and charged with "loitering" and acting in a manner "likely to cause breach of the peace" March 25 during an attempted sit-in at the Boston Army Base. They were sentenced to 20 days in Jail a week later after they were found guilty refused to pay $20 fines...
...drunk Canadians are creations of T. D. Allman '66. The Dawn of the Super-Renaissance" rises on these two sinners as they sit in the wake of a wild party, reliving their amours. Each is a kind of narcissistic, overgrown adolescent, his dim emotions locked in his sensual tastes. The story is about the feelings that somehow force their way through the pair's collegiate preoccupations. Allman's prose plays over the senses without being heavy-handed. The story moves along rapidly, making graceful transitions between narrative and introspection. With the final knockout punch, feeling--as an emotion, as well...
Axminister is one of those plays within a play that so intrigue and confound modern authors. In this case there is even an audience within the audience--two raspy-voiced men who sit-in front-row seats and occasionally talk with the actors on stage...