Word: speare
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unsophisticated exhibits. The Thai pavilion, for example, contains the throne, 150 years old and encrusted with gold leaf, on which the Siamese King rode his elephant into battle. When the fighting became fierce, explains a helpful sign, the King would leap onto poor Dumbo's neck, the better to spear the enemy. If Hannibal had been so athletic, Carthage might never have fallen. The Singapore exhibit has a replica of a local market, right down to herbs, teas and garish magazines, and the Italian has replicas of Marconi's original radio sets...
WHILE THE LEADS go straight to the stage to begin the run-through, I retire to the infamous green room to await my cue. While the big-time actors are praised for their voices and stage presence, the prime virtue for a spear-carrier such as myself is patience. Someday, perhaps, will come fame and adulation; for now I must content myself with a day-old New York Times and a comfortable spot on the couch...
...showcase its members, the D.L.C. has conducted campaign-style road shows in five states, including California and Florida. On a recent trip to Dallas, Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia and Congressman Les Aspin of Wisconsin, leaders of the military-reform movement on Capitol Hill, told some 200 local Democratic spear carriers that while the Reagan Administration's trillion-dollar military buildup had created a "museum of weapons systems," the U.S. still lacks a sound and coherent defense strategy. Doves they are not, however. Said Nunn: "We need to make sure that the public understands that the Democratic Party stands...
...WELLESLEY!" sneers the cast, taking care of the obligatory spear of nearby women's colleges and reminding us that this is, first and foremost, a Pudding show...
...kindly. "What size shoes do you wear?" strangers wonder. "You want to buy me a pair?" he smiles. They are only 15 1/2s. Bol's ebony brow may appear furrowed, but those are scratches from a puberty rite that, more than the sleeping lion he once killed with a spear, confirmed his courage. He laughs easily when his spindly fingers wrap twice around an ordinary hand...