Word: tub
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...literally placed under military siege several hours before his arrival, and he is protected by 200 bodyguards armed with Belgian automatic firearms and knives. When he makes a public speech, Somoza speaks from behind an enormous protective contraption referred to jestingly by Nicaraguans as the "fish tank" or "bath tub." This is a huge, three-sided bulletproof shed with glass so thick it distorts Somoza's features; three trucks and a crew of 20 are required to erect...
...draw the blood away from the head, I take a cold shower or sit in a tub of cold water, taking care that the cold water does not touch my head or neck...
...hands of remote, incompetent New York brokers. She was a much-loved but solitary child who entertained herself effortlessly, playing for hours in the garden, bowling her hoop along the stations of three imaginary railway lines: "Lily of the Valley Bed. Change for the Tubular Railway here. Tub. Terminus. All change." Twelve years ago, when she completed this book at 75, she remembered every invisible platform...
...LOEB PRODUCTION of Marat/Sade brings out most of the play's ambiguities. As Marat, Thomas Myers carefully outlines the transition from the asylum's paranoid to its demagogue, calling from his tub to the mobs of Paris. His is not an easy role: it is difficult to play a strong character whose body is so weak, and few Marats really compete with their counterpart Sade. As Sade, George Miller is the clear star of the Loeb show, presenting his cynical vision of humanity with great stage presence...
After taking her first hit of PCP during the fall, one sophomore woman became very frightened and climbed into a bathtub. She feared standing up and climbing out of the tub. Her boyfriend stayed by her for an hour holding her hand and comforting...