Word: troys
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...wanderings through a kaleidoscope of red, blue, green and black riding jackets. Exquisitely coiffured equines responded precisely to the gentle guidance of their riders' reins. Braided manes and brushed tails were only fitting for horses bearing names like Marcus Aurelius, Royal Core or Her Majesty's Arthur of Troy...
...Arthur of Troy carried Her Royal Highness from the arena, the crowd settled back to its friendly tete-a-tetes. I proceeded to thumb through my "everything you wanted to know about the equestrian life but really didn't care to ask" handbook...
SOMEWHERE in the second act, when Peer Gynt is stranded in the desert and offers half his kingdom for a horse, the stagehands accommodate him with a painted wooden creature that might have had trouble fitting through the gates of Troy. As its hulk lumbers forward, all eyes turn to the horse, Peer pauses, afraid that the thing might suddenly topple over, and you begin to wonder who's in control--the props or the actors...
...Helen of Troy Theory, Soon after the paper's founding, two important staff members found themselves in a marital triangle that soured their professional relationship. They were in positions where they were forced to deal with each other regularly and weren't able in. "That's one of the unfortunate, extraordinary things which happened to the paper that led to my disappointment," says photo editor Southwick...
...appeals (should the staff member claim his right to them), both men stayed It wasn't until months later, when staff members granted a new editor emergency powers to fire people, that one of the men was fired. He left without protest, but those who argue the Helen-of-Troy theory say the damage in bitterness was more than the paper could withstand in its infancy. Because of the triangle, says Southwick. "I don't think the paper was ever give a chance...