Word: stoles
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...length of diaphanous cotton, larger than a stole, smaller than a shroud, there is the figure of a tiger, magisterial in its power, surreptitious in its impact. The cloth must be moved, draped just so and drawn at the proper angle to the light before the outline of the animal is even suggested. The effect is cunning, quixotic, magical, and knows no boundary in time. The cloth, in fact, dates only from the mid-20th century, but the tiger, fashioned from phantom stripes of fabric, was tie-dyed with supernal skill, millimeter by millimeter, by a craftsman whose techniques were...
WIDELY CONSIDERED the cream of the T.V. Christmas specials crop, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" is for many a high point of the college year. By all estimates the Grinch ranks within the top ten Christmas Characters. But the Grinch and the residents of Whoville must now be placed on the endangered species list, since advertisers' depredations have reduced the once proud Grinch to a shadow of his former self. Commercials are slowly edging the Grinch...
...ironic that this particular message has fallen victim to the commercial messages. The Grinch supposedly discovers that Christmas does not come from a package, that it is not all commercialism. But the network executives at ABC proved the Grinch dead-wrong, as they stole time from under him for just such commercialism: advertisements. Commercialization of holidays is always crass, but especially during the Grinch. Unfortunately this year's Grinch did show the true meaning of Christmas...
With the 45-second shot clock no longer a factor, the cagers attemped to run out the clock, but speedy Wildcat guard Rodney Johnson stole an errant pass near midcourt and drove for an uncontested lay-up to give his team its first lead of over-time...
When she stepped outside, the first intruder grabbed her. Next, he let his companion in the front door, and then they forced Trowbridge back into the apartment. There the two men sexually assaulted her and stole her belongings...