Word: tela
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fine and his share of the court costs. ASSASSINATED. BLANCA JEANETTE KAWAS FERNANDEZ, 48, fervent Honduran ecologist who antagonized peasants and developers alike in pressing for effective forest management and preservation of nature parks; by an unknown gunman; while she sat in her living room in Tela. Two days before she was killed, she had led a peaceful demonstration to protest the National Agrarian Institute's plan to distribute land to campesinos who, she claimed, would sell it to foreign investors. Police are focusing their investigation on two peasant groups. DIED. JAMES MERRILL, 68, American poet who chronicled experiences...
...retired Army Colonel falling asleep under the nitrous oxide he is given at a visit to the dentist. He then dreams a rather Tolkein/C.S. Lewis-esque adventure that takes place in the land of "Gamehenge." Explaining the storyline between each song, Anastasio led the band through "The Lizards," "Tela," "Wilson," AC/DC Bag," "Colonel Forbin's Ascent," "The Famous Mockingbird," "The Sloth," "McGrupp and the Watchful Horsemasters" and the set, with an invigorating performance of "Divided Sky," a compositional masterpiece centered around the ritual chant of the natives of Gamehenge...
...first song of the Gamehenge saga, Colonel Forbin learns of the natives of the mythical land, "The Lizards." He then meets the beautiful "Tela" who tells him about the revolution as they ride to the rebel base camp. Upon their arrival, the Colonel watches the rebel leader Errand Wolf's fit of rage over the evil doings of the tyrranical king "Wilson" who has stolen the Helping Friendly Book. For thousands of years it had enabled the Lizard people to live in peace and harmony with the land, but by stealing the book, Wilson has enslaved the people of Gamehenge...