Word: canvasing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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It's a sight out of a Twain lover's imagined memory: a tiny, homemade Mississippi River raft, buoyant on blue oil-drums, flapping blue canvas greetings from its scanty half deck. On board is a troupe of traveling players who ply their ancient art along the river...
Pears, at 63, is fading of voice, but nevertheless holds the stage for virtually the entire opera. It is a remarkable feat of endurance. In white suit and panama, he unifies the performance completely, whether in recitatives of improvised rhythm chanted to the plink of a single piano or sitting...
Autobol got rolling when a four-team league was organized by Orthopedist Mario Tourinho in Rio de Janeiro eight months ago. Drawing as many as 15,000 fans to their twice-monthly games, the teams square off with up to five drivers on a side (the number varies depending on...
The view would have been splendid even through a car window, but it was far more satisfying because of the struggle up the mountain. In an electric-toothbrush civilization, it's nice to know that your muscles still work. When you sit down to rest and look at your...
Once upon a time in the city of San Francisco, a five-year-old boy named Johnny Miller was given a sawed-off golf club that became a kind of magic wand. His father Larry was a first-rate amateur player who could have been a teaching pro. Instead, he...