Word: magically
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Junior Ed Ajootian opened the magic show with a 59-ft. 9-in. winning heave in the 35-lb. weight throw and Mike DiBennidetto and Gary Quantock followed with a 2-3 shotput finish...
...Stowell (field event coach Ed) once again waved his magic wand," head coach Bill McCurdy said yesterday...
Hughes plainly saw Maheu as his alter-ego. Maheu was the magic telephone booth into which Hughes could limp and then spring forth as the long-vanished SuperHughes. He could stride out into the world in the form of Maheu, deal with Presidents, governors, bankers, and Mafia chieftains, whisk himself where he wished in an executive jet, throw big parties without a thought of all the germs the guests harbored...
...often, in trying to make Malory understandable, Steinbeck explains away all the magic, substituting psychology for enchantment, and sociology for mystery. The frequent analysis of motivation, such as "When he (Lancelot) was confronted with treachery, Lancelot grew frightened, and only then could be cruel," are glib and gratuitous...
Still, fans of Macondo will recognize the magic and hyperbole. For example, as the ultimate outrage the Americans confiscate the sea in partial payment of the national debt: they survey it, roll it up and ship it home to water the Arizona desert, leaving an endless lunar plain...