Word: spike
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Bianchi (After shooting Rosa Klebb, thereby saving Bond from being kicked by a poisoned spike on her shoe): Oh, she vas tarrible woman. I hate...
...body has rested in a fetal position inside a pagoda-shaped golden urn. Last week, at the end of the 100-day mourning period, Sarit's remains were cremated in an elaborate ceremony attended by King Bhumibol, Queen Sirikit, the government, the diplomatic corps, as well as a spike-helmeted funeral band and contingents of umbrella-carrying Buddhist priests. Sarit will be remembered as one of the few leaders in Southeast Asia who managed to build a firm, anti-Communist regime; but even as the smoke of his funeral drifted over Bangkok, the press was busy kindling acrid stories...
...heels were becoming marks of style, not pregnancy, pierced ears lost the stigma of a sailor's tattoo, and gained the status of a purple heart. The change was part of a broader fashion revolution which favored Bohemia over Balenciaga, Greek book bags over alligator pocketbooks, and sandals over spike heels. Greenwich Village was invading Park Avenue; the outs were...
...first, the only girls who succumbed were ones with long, straight hair, soulful looks and knee-length boots. They generally favored long, dangling spike earrings which looked like nails hanging from their ears. But the fever began to infect others, who carry green bookbags, look earnest, and wear sensible shoes. These girls like small earrings which fit like cufflinks in the center of the lobe. As yet the illness has not struck girls who wear cashmere sweaters and stockings to class and only date members of the Porcellian Club, but their immunity will probably not last long...
...last resort for frustrated bug planters is a special mike attached to a sharp spike; driven through the wall, it vibrates with the surface on the far side. But, like esoteric radar beams that pick up the vibrations of distant window glass, spike mikes are apt to be defeated by stray noise unless conditions are perfect...