Word: sweets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...deathlike comas remains a mystery. Both Davis and Douyon heard stories about a graveyard ritual in which the bocor pounds on the earth and awakens the victim, but neither was able to witness it. Davis did learn that upon reviving, the zombie is force-fed a paste made of sweet potato and datura, a plant known to Haitians as zombie cucumber. Datura, says Davis, is "one of the most potent hallucinogenic plants known." Thus the zombie is led away in a state of intoxication, usually to work as a slave. Narcisse, who spent several years as a slave...
...heart of darkness, Rabe seems to suggest; the threat of human intimacy is provocation enough. Are they men like Billy (Matthew Modine), a fresh-faced lad with a college education? Or Richie (Mitchell Lichtenstein), an upper-class homosexual with a taste for taunt? Or Roger (David Alan Grier), a sweet-natured black who deflects each insult with a shrug? Or Carlyle (Michael Wright), the slum-bred black spoiling for a quick apocalypse? Doesn't matter. When the crisis comes, they will be as surprised as the paratrooper whose chute just wouldn't open...
...portrays Jason Carmichael, "a witty, talented, acerbic, sarcastic, but always charming" and highly successful New York playwright. The day of his wedding to a glamorous socialite (Janet Eilber) also marks the beginning of a literary collaboration cum romantic entanglement with an aspiring young writer called Phoebe Craddock. Schoolmarmish, sweet, and socially inept, she has no trouble capturing the hearts of Jason, Mrs. Carmichael, their two children and a journalistic superstar called Leo (played with apparent reluctance by Ron Leibman...
...more than 100 years Cincinnati's Baldwin-United (1982 revenues: $3.6 billion) made sweet music by sticking mainly to the business it knew best, manufacturing pianos. Then in 1968 the company began dabbling in financial services with the $16 million purchase of a Denver bank. That was the beginning of a 14-year buying spree that put Baldwin in businesses ranging from insurance to trading stamps. But the firm stretched itself too far. Last week, after stalling lenders for six months, Baldwin filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the bankruptcy laws...
...Harvard players, particularly senior Co-Captains Dave Fasi and Steve Munstones, a victory over Brown this season would represent sweet revenge. "The seniors on this team have lost to Brown 15-18 times in our undergraduate careers," Munstones said. "But we have the talent this year, we just have to show the desire," Fasi added. "Our starting seven is just as good as theirs. The game will be won or lost in the third and fourth quarters...