Word: straw
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...weeks later, the recalcitrant undergraduates set on fire the straw around the college pump, and three days after that another fire--this one made of newspapers from the reading room--lit up the Yard...
...Zucker does, after all, occasionally have to go offstage to take a breather. Why does that silly papier-mache horsehead keep bounding up to the audience? Why is one fellow sitting on a straw-stack on the edge of the stage, strumming an unidentifiable instrument and looking so mellow that spectators two rows back started betting on when he would fall asleep? Why does Dr. Paradisio (Tamara Jenkins) keep screaming at both real and imaginary audiences about the healing powers of ga-a-a-a-arglin' oil? Why on earth does one actress spend a full half-hour...
...John Doe's house for an informal visit and expect a gin and tonic. At Sunny's house, you got imported champagne." The party celebrating Alexander's 21st birthday was especially memorable. Women in white dresses carrying parasols and men in white suits and straw boaters played croquet on a manicured lawn that stretched...
Around the pontoon, boats chug and cruise?police boats, water taxis, sampans piloted by women in straw hats, ferries, tugs, dredges, schooners. Freighters with exotic names lie at anchor. In the background, the office buildings of Hong Kong Island stand pressed against Victoria Peak. Trinh Thi Nuong, 8, gazes at the city in open wonder. She is told that she looks lovely...
...champagne, U.S. wine makers, mostly in California, have for many years been producing sparkling wines that compare well with some of the good French vintages; some are made by the French methode champenoise. Last October, for example, Sonoma County's venerable F. Korbel & Bros, introduced a dry, delicate, straw-colored Blanc de Blancs that drew critical raves at blind tastings. It costs around $16-no steal, but less than the price of a comparable imported bottle...