Word: tailings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...jeered Iran's tempestuous Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini. "The noises he makes are similar to those of a frightened lion, who does three things: he roars in the hope of frightening off his challenger, he makes rude noises because fear causes his muscles to contract, and he sways his tail in hopes of finding a mediator...
When Halley's Comet last streaked across the skies in 1910, it was for many an unwelcome visitor. Fearful that the earth would be enveloped by deadly gases in its glowing tail, people bought comet pills to ward off its effects, and held end-of-the-world gatherings. In 1985, when the comet returns-as it does every three-quarters of a century -it should get a friendlier reception. In fact, NASA is planning a scientific welcoming party in space...
...limousines queue up at the curb like a funereal parade. As if staged by some cynical scenarist, a drunk's reflection appears in the shiny black of one of the cars. He ambles slowly, his image distorts as it sweeps over the doors, door handles, smoked windows and tail lights of one limo and forms again on the next, moving down the line until it drops off, lost in the gutter. Across from the Royale Theater, where a golden marquee has promoted Grease for seven years, the drunk stops to shuffle through a mesh trash can. He finds nothing...
...arguments hissed after each other like a confused dog biting after its tail. Broke down and full of nonsense and waiting for the sunrise so he could sleep, he tried a different tactic: "Do you know about punji sticks...
...that scene, the mother and son circle the stage, his blind tom-cat to her broken-winged sparrow, until Tom lowers his tail, breaks the silence in order to regain the peace of their barren thicket. A breakable pane hangs between them always, a horse-drawn past and jet-lured future caught in the same jam of traffic but still enveloped in the mist and mystery of dreams...