Word: magic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Himelman's magic wand yesterday was his driver as the journeyman senior was able to pinpoint his tee shot through the entire round. Himelman began his round from the back nine and was three over going to the dog-leg par-five 18th, his ninth hole...
Everyone in Grenada suspected that the island's Prime Minister, Sir Eric Gairy, 56, was a black-magic nut as well as a UFO freak. Still, Grenadians were astonished last week by the cache of bizarre objects Sir Eric left behind when he went to the U.S. earlier this month. His well-timed departure came just before a coup that ousted him after twelve years of oppressive rule over the Caribbean island. On display at his residence atop picturesque Mount Royal last week were a donkey's eye, indigo, saltpeter and a mysterious white powder. Presumably these...
Researchers are convinced that such chemicals may explain many behavioral mysteries. During World War II, Army medics were astonished by some soldiers who had lost limbs yet did not complain of pain; scientists now believe that these wounded men produced extra endorphins to dull the agony. Similar chemical magic may explain how Indian fakirs walk over hot coals and how acupuncture and placebos work...
...surrounded by Pip, the haughty Estella, the lawyer Jaggers, the convict Magwitch, Miss Havisham could be the kind of flamboyant character, drawn with simple, sharp lines, on which operas thrive. Mozart used a similar virago, the Queen of the Night, in The Magic Flute. But Pip, Estella and Jaggers (Magwitch is left out entirely) appear and disappear, little more than shadows crossing Miss Havisham's feverish brain...
Maui's magic is as potent as ever, except that today he casts his net at the malihinis, the strangers from all over who swarm to his Valley Island by the thousands, bearing millions. They do not come to Maui for the Don Ho-hula-grass skirt-sarong-muumuu-mai tai-lei-and-luau scenario that, in mainlanders' eyes at least, has become to Hawaii what Mickey Mouse is to Disney World or the one-armed bandit to Las Vegas. They come for some of the world's most spectacular scenery and a variety of activities unmatched...