Word: wizardly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...example, take affirmative action. There are many rational arguments against it; those arguments are rational no matter who says them. But I would look very differently on those same arguments if they were presented by a Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan rather than by Shelby Steele...
...cartoony for drama. Whereas His Girl Friday ran its gags on the fast track, The Paper often slows down to lend its galaxy of star types (Robert Duvall, Jason Alexander) a hint of dimension to their roles. But these subplots aren't much more sophisticated than those in The Wizard of Oz: Duvall gets a heart, Close a brain, Keaton courage. Tomei gets a baby -- and gets left...
That contemporary version of a river raft belongs to Millroy, who enlists Jilly in his mission to purify America's digestive system. It's a sewer, he says, clogged with grease, sugar and the flesh of slaughtered mammals. The wizard preaches the loaves-and-fishes diet. His nutritional guide is the Bible: "The book of life. The book of food. The book of meals and miracles." % In its pages he finds the secrets of longevity and regularity. From Ezekiel come the ingredients for bread. Daniel serves lentils, and Nahum offers figs. Millet, barley, honeycombs and melons tumble from holy writ...
Walsh was reportedly out to bilk a savings bank for many years ran a television commercial featuring animated characters from the Wizard of Oz as spokespersons...
There remain a handful of small clubs like TheWillow that continue to offer live jazz almostnightly, clubs like Ryles in Inman Square andWally's in Boston. The Middle East in CentralSquare, besides offering up indie rock,occasionally brings in avant-guard jazz:clarinet-wizard Don Byron came in January, andsaxophonist Dewey Redman will be there February16. And the Square's own House of Blues mixes NewOrleans jazz in with their regular blues shows...