Word: stoning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first, the Regent, retains its Venetian splendor in Harlem, though it now does business as the First Corinthian Baptist Church. Above the marquee of another ancient Harlem theater, the Nova, is chiseled its original name, THE BUNNY (in honor of movie idol John Bunny), flanked by two grinning stone rabbit heads...
...Detroit Pistons, the Bad Boys of Midtown, are in the latest issue of Rolling Stone. Give me a break. Come on, Bill "Who me?" Laimbeer and Rick "That's not Charles Barkley's left hip, that's my elbow in your face" Mahorn dressed as bikers? Is this the NBA or Easy Rider...
North, the former National Security Council aide at the center of the Iran-Contra vortex, sat stone-faced at the defense table as prosecutor Keker methodically tried to dismantle his American-hero image...
...Zoning is not written in stone," Crystal said. "We were aware that some councillors might find the original plan too restrictive...
...Soviet civilization, I have come to the conclusion that the Soviet system is made up of massive, heavy blocks. It is well suited to the suppression of human freedom, but not to revealing, nourishing and stimulating it. On the whole, it resembles an Egyptian pyramid built out of colossal stones, carefully assembled and ground to fit together. A mass of dead stone, an impressive monumentality of construction, which once served majestic ends now beyond our reach, a huge structure with such a modicum of useful space inside. Inside -- the mummy, Lenin. Outside -- the wind of the desert. Sand. That...