Word: sphinx
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Sphinx in stillness watched the Sahara...
Penguins plunged against the Sphinx...
...months ago, Clements was a sensation. The judges awarded him two ears from his first bull, two ears and a tail from his second. Wrote a critic for El Redondel, Mexico City's bullfight weekly: "The gentleman of the bullring, with a face as impassive as a sphinx, withstood stoically the angry charges of the brave bull. With the tragic rhythm of the bullfight, not moving an inch and employing grace as well as mathematical precision, Clements killed his enemy with one thrust of the estoque [sword]. It was a classical kill, the likes of which...
Assouad proposed Algerian self-government within a French union, as the best solution, but said he did not know whether or not Gen. DeGaulle favored complete union of France and Algeria. "De Gaulle came to power like a sphinx, not saying what his intentions were," Assouad quipped, "and perhaps without any intentions...
...long, chatty first scene, where Jocasta (June Havoc), all dolled up for a night out, flirts with young soldiers. But already the ghost of King Laius tries to warn of things to come. When in the next scene a cocky, ambitious Oedipus (John Kerr) appears and infatuates the Sphinx, he does not guess her riddle; she tells him the answer. Again there are warnings, but undeterred Oedipus marries