Word: slipperyness
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He had all the amateur's troubles: for the debut he rented a piano he particularly liked, but he broke a string at rehearsal and had to use an instrument with a brassier tone; then he found that the tuner had cleaned the keyboard and left it so slippery...
The Seixas victory over McGregor set the stage for a showdown battle between the U.S.'s playing captain and Australia's Frank Sedgman, Wimbledon and U.S. champion and generally considered the world's top amateur. The big match was rained out twice before it finally began this...
In the forecourt of Buckingham Palace, the stiff and stately changing of the guard began with the band playing Happy Birthday to You and Teddy Bears' Picnic. As far as the palace was concerned, it was Prince Charles's day; there were no other engagements for papa & mama...
A year ago, the junta fired its secret police chief and put ex-Gumshoe Pedro Estrada in the job. His orders: get Ruiz Pineda in 30 days. Estrada tracked the resistance boss one night to a Caracas apartment-house district, and surrounded the building with 80 cops. But while Estrada...
Piglets for Rahabaat. The natives have all the sins of the senses, but no sense of sin. They worship Rahabaat, a god who lives in the local volcano, with frank fertility rites. When Sam preaches his Vermont fundamentalism at the men, they giggle and slip away into the underbrush. When...