Word: stools
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...seventh round, Floyd had to be helped to his stool. He was suffering from a cramp in his back which was to prevent him from standing up straight for the remainder of the fight. He dragged himself around the ring, vainly attempting to counter the light, but rapid fire of the champion. Clay seemed to be carrying Floyd, hitting him at will, humiliating...
Unoccult Skeptics. First-timers have the most fun. After the bookcase, there is the bar stool where a newcomer is inevitably seated. Slowly, very slowly, it sinks until the guest suddenly notices his companions towering over him and his neck straining to keep up with the conversation. A cocktail table unobtrusively revolves, mixing up drinks and drinkers. A "dead body" glares from an open coffin. In the gilded-cage elevator, a monster rattles and bangs the bars. And then there is Irma...
...mingle-with-the-matrons sequence is when he takes the hand of a giggling patron, drops to one knee and breathes Come to Me, Bend to Me, always climaxed by a buss on the cheek. This gives way to cozy time, in which the crooner mounts a stool to sing a round of songs categorized either as upbeat (My Kind of Girl-sung with eyes open), underdog (Here's That Rainy Day-eyes downcast), inspirational (You'll Never Walk Alone-eyes upcast), parody or romantic (I Wish You Love-eyes closed...
...When you get alone, and you're sitting on the stool by yourself and somebody's behind you, and you hear the knife clicking, hot coffee being poured down your back, and you're alone-you really begin to feel: Why am I here? When is it going...
Fensterwald: A stool pigeon. Does that word strike a chord...