Word: walking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cypress grove above the harbor, workmen labored long and lovingly on the task of refurbishing the tiny, neoclassic Chapel of Panayitsa (the Little Virgin). The centuries-old ritual was prescribed by Greek Orthodox tradition. The wedding ceremony called for the couple to walk around the altar three times; bride and groom traditionally try to be the first to step on the other's feet (the winner is then able to claim supremacy in the household). Man and wife are crowned with wreaths and drink from a cup of wine in order to symbolize the "harmony of soul and bodies." Everything...
...humanistic tone. "All of our shows are for good and against evil," insists Schumann. They are played in stark terms. In Reiteration, the actors wear grotesque masks; one wears a skull, another a gas mask, others are in oriental or black face, While Schumann announces each scene, the actors walk through a slow-motion allegory condemning the Viet...
With four games of the 1968 World Series out of the way, the Las Vegas bookmakers were beginning to count their winnings. They had been quoting 17-to-10 odds on the St. Louis Cardinals, and the world champions were winning in a walk. They had Detroit's Tigers down, three games to one, and St. Louis' peerless pitcher Bob Gibson had humiliated Detroit's 31-game winner, Denny McLain, not once, but twice. Relaxed and confident, Gibson was ready to pitch again, if necessary, in the best-of-seven Series...
Winner Take All. But by the middle of the fifth game, the Tigers looked like sure losers. Portly Mickey Lolich, their only Series winner, was laboring on the short end of a 3-2 score; he seemed ready to take the long walk to the showers when he got an unexpected reprieve from the Cards' Lou Brock, justly famed as the National League's most expert baserunner. Heading for home with a sure run, Brock unaccountably failed to slide under the high, late throw. He came in standing up, crashed into Catcher Bill Freehan and was tagged easily...
...first weeks of life: "Even tiny infants with the disorder are constantly active and irritable, and have difficulty sleeping at night. They seem to stiffen and resent motherly coddling and loving. Their attitude appears to be 'Love me but don't touch me.' "These babies usually walk earlier than others. As they grow, they have excellent coordination and easily learn good balance on skates and bikes. They want playmates, but treat them so badly that they are soon shunned by the other kids on the block. In school they drive teachers up the walls with their disruptive...