Word: skin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Turks arrived, carrying the standard of the Ottoman Empire. From the start, the Turkish rulers demonstrated a ferocity that the inhabitants of Cyprus never forgot. After capturing the city of Famagusta in 1571, the Turks publicly flayed to death the commander of the defending troops, then stuffed his skin with straw and paraded it around the island. About 30,000 Turkish soldiers were granted land on Cyprus, encouraging them to settle their families there. Those settlers were the ancestors of Cyprus' Turkish community, which today comprises about 18% of the island's 660,000 inhabitants...
From the audience, Jobriath's face looks like a beautiful witch queen's. The blonde hair is short, the profile, feminine. His cheeks are hollow--the envy of any Vogue model. He wears white pants, a silver choker, and white earrings. The stage lights make his skin and body-stocking gleam lavender...
...stage is wet with human sweat. Costume change again. Jobriath has less than a minute to peel out of his leotards. Johnson's Baby Powder eases him into a skin-tight, black leatherette suit for the finale. The lapels point upward, framing his face in devilish horns. Gyrating in simulated pain, Jobriath gasps out the words: "Take me, I'm, I'm yours." He collapses against the piano, and the audience applauds. Jobriath gives a usual entertainer's farewell: "Thank you, thank you. Have a nice night. Have a nice life...
Although David Bowie is "actually good," Todd Rundgren is your rock Stravinsky. His glitter is only skin-deep; his genius goes further...
...ancient Japanese virtues and patriotism (TIME, June 17). At the same time, he has tried to enhance the party's box office appeal by jazzing up the ticket with a strange lineup of candidates, including a well-known television interviewer, a slapstick comedian, Actress Akiko Santo and a skin-flick producer...