Word: woodenness
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...stage is directly connected to the theater workshop, where sets are constructed, through a set of enormous wooden doors. The shop itself has another set of elephantine doors leading to the street. Conceivably, one could charge right onto the stage from...
...gesticulations and exclamations of “phooey” delivered in his faux-French accent—causes the crowd of British tourists and local foodies to guffaw and titter. The march through Prudential Center to the Top of the Hub with Chef Le Pet Omaine waving his wooden ladle at the front is a scene taken straight from Disney World—over-the-top acting, audience participation...
...fortified walls can be seen at the foot of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception (1608-1613), and he used it as a stand-in for Troy in Laocoön (early 1610s). (Laocoön and his sons were destroyed by snakes for suggesting that the wooden horse was not as innocent as it seemed...
Behind the scenes, the place was buzzing. Aides and emissaries shuttled through the heavy wooden doors leading into Sistani's office, trying to determine whether the reclusive cleric, 75--the religious figure most revered by Iraq's Shi'ite Muslim majority--will bend in his opposition to the U.S. plan to hand over power by June 30 to a transitional Iraqi government chosen by an as-yet-undefined caucus system. Sistani says he will urge his followers to reject any new government unless it is directly elected. To those who met with him last week, Sistani seemed good-humored...
...Thais in the hope of speeding their favorite beasts of burden to a happy reincarnation. At Wat Khunsamutjeen in nearby Samut Prakan province, monks chant to the sound of lapping surf. Erosion and rising sea levels have turned the temple into an island. Worshippers negotiate a wave-lashed, rickety wooden walkway, take a boat from the mainland, or simply swim. Back in Bangkok, check out Wat Phasee if you like your history gory. In the capital's early days, subjects who displeased the King were beheaded there. You won't see any skulls, but some of the monks swear they...