Word: sphinx
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Egypt's ancient Valley of the Kings may sound like a glamorous film location, but according to Actress Lesley-Anne Down, "It was like being in a sweatshop." Daily temperatures of 100° to 120° F, says Down, made Sphinx "my most physically exhausting movie." Things did not improve when the cast moved to breezy Budapest. There, in a cavernous studio, Down portrayed an Egyptologist who finds the lost tomb of Seti I. To evoke the proper sepulchral ambience, 130 bats were set loose on the set. "It was horrible. They rained down on me," she shudders. "Even...
...fails to vote has no justification for complaining about the result. The conclusion is plain. If one wishes to criticize the government during the next four years (and who would give up that priceless privilege?) voting is the prerequisite. But with the choice one of a sphinx, a knee-breached diplomat, or a great wind there is none who will not be eager to choose...
...prison for a longer term than any other Watergate figure. Convicted of nine felonies, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison and served nearly five before President Carter reduced his sentence. During this time, Liddy steadfastly refused to speak, earning notoriety or, for some, admiration, as "the Sphinx." Now the Sphinx has finally decided to talk. He does so in an autobiography titled simply Will (St. Martin's Press; 384 pages; $13.95). The book, out this week, was kept under tight wraps; a first printing of some 100,000 copies was on its way to U.S. booksellers before...
...What sphinx of cement and aluminum bashed open their skulls and ate up their brains and imaginations? Moloch! Moloch! Nightmare of Moloch! Moloch the loveless! Mental Moloch! Moloch the heavy judger...