Word: woodenly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...indicates a harmonious equilibrium with the world and its spirit forces. Kneeling "conveys belief that life demands the beautiful giving of the self to persons of honor." A standing posture implicitly suggests power, life, fortitude, kingliness-as in (amid a host of other examples) the sacred fetishes of Zaire, wooden figures into which tribesmen ceremonially hammer nails as a proof of moral integrity; the fetish, they believe, will kill any evil-spirited person who adds a nail...
...White collection includes a superb variety of masks, from cumbrous affairs that need an athlete to lift them to a wooden Ogoni mask from Nigeria, with its curving protrusion of lips like a bird's beak, too small to fit a human head. Thompson has included films showing how these personifications of spirit and moral forces are used in communal dances: Gaa Wree-Wre, for instance, the Dan personification of "ideal justice," with its white-rimmed eyes, worn in a dance characterized by ponderous walking and sitting...
Three Skulls. Inside the throne room, the King sat cross-legged on the heavily gilded wooden throne, which is embellished with the images of lions and thunderbolts. He was surrounded by 13 silk brocaded cushions. On a covered table in front of him rested the seven royal gems, which the Bhutanese believe are essential to ensure the strength, health and benevolence of their rulers...
...June 30, 1973, Radcliffe owned a total of $26,935,539 in land and buildings, and much of it happens to be some of the prime real estate in Cambridge. In addition to the land and buildings of Radcliffe Yard and the Quad area, Radcliffe owns a number of wooden frame houses and several apartment complexes in the general Radcliffe area and some other scattered properties...
King is the best WTT competitor. The cheers she led against the Pittsburgh Triangles in the opening match provoked venerable player-captain Ken Rosewall into storming over to the Freedoms' bench to lecture her against abusing his players. It waff almost as good as professional wrestling without the wooden acting. Rosewall was genuinely mad; the cool man had been razzed by a woman...