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puppet
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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2009
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pup·pet
/ ˈpəpət/
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n.
a movable model of a person or animal that is used in entertainment and is typically moved either by strings controlled from above or by a hand inside it.
∎ fig.
a person, party, or state under the control of another person, group, or power:
the new Shah began his reign as an Anglo-Soviet puppet.
DERIVATIVES:
pup·pet·ry
/ -trē/ n.
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 "Post-Tribune (IN)")
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PUPPETS VALUABLE MEMBERS OF CONGREGATION AT DEMOTTE
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 1/21/1988; 700+ words
; ...children help the puppets work through their...the respective puppet. A puppet will...like to present puppet plays other than...I like our puppets to be a part of...church own 125 puppets. He said a future puppet to join the cast...
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PUPPET MASTER; 'It's a good way to tell a story,' and it started with first people.(LIFE - SCHOOLS)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 4/9/2007; 700+ words
; ...Stevens, president of the Puppet Co. Playhouse. "When you are making puppets for fun, there are...started to make paper puppets," Mr. Stevens says. "I also did puppet shows for birthdays in high school." Puppets are very powerful models...
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Puppets' Progress
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 3/21/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...founded the People and Puppets theater. "Puppet theater enjoys a...interaction with the puppets creates most of the...Union, Hayit's puppet troupe was supported...libretto in Hebrew. The puppets are constructed by puppet-maker Valerya Glozman...
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 "Deerfield Review (IL)")
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Puppets get a new Twist
Newspaper article from: Deerfield Review (IL); 8/22/2002; 650 words
; ...where he and his puppets will perform "Master Peter's Puppet Show" with the...grants. He and his puppets have traveled to...Parade," a puppet ballet set to the...Quixote watches a puppet show and attacks the puppets. "It's a provocative...
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 "New Indian Express (Chennai, India)")
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Using puppets for teaching.
Newspaper article from: New Indian Express (Chennai, India); 4/21/2009; 680 words
; ...is the fact that puppet show is an important...in education. "Puppets are as entertaining...paper and paper pulp puppets are controlled by...strings. "When a puppet is made by adding...it is called a rod puppet,'' she said...different varieties of puppets. It takes about...
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PUPPETS PLAY FOR KEEPS
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 9/11/1998; 700+ words
; ...shown with their puppets. They are (from...Melissa Loar with puppet Claire Sanchez...like doll and puppet therapy. The kids forget they are puppets and begin to open up. "The puppets have problems...might relate to puppet Nam Nyugen, an...
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Puppets invade North Side park
Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; 7/19/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...artist for previous public puppet performances -- using giant puppets chosen from Capezzuti...Capezzuti has been conducting puppet-making workshops this...minute self- portrait puppet workshops for children and adults puppets using every day, easy...
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The puppets take Manhattan; Think puppets are strictly for kids? Think again. On Broadway and at other venues, puppet shows are breaking the mold by tackling Rossini operas and mature subjects.(FEATURES)(ARTS & LEISURE)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 8/1/2003; 700+ words
; ...you can catch "puppet slams," modeled...s even a dada rock puppet show: Dirty Jimmy's Basement. Puppets are also a growing...actor. On stage, the puppets struggle with identity...collegiate-type puppet in argyle knit, strives...
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 "Herald News, The (Joliet, IL)")
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Puppets on parade
Newspaper article from: Herald News, The (Joliet, IL); 11/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...friends will wear and operate the puppets arms as they walk through the...students will donate their puppets to the city for future events...finishing touches on their puppets: finishing costumes, attaching...Brinkman brought plenty of puppet construction experience to...
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Puppets with body and Seoul
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday; 8/6/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...performance was seamless. Puppet City: A Korean Fantasy...dance, with metre-high puppets dressed in ornate hanbok...There are no other puppets like these remarkable...to make a new kind of puppet, one that moves like...Cho afterwards. "No puppets before were able to make...
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Puppet
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
...popular national puppet characters are hand-puppets, carried across...Italian Fantoccini puppets, who appeared in...Restoration, and the Puppet Theatre in the Piazza...1925 of a British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild, puppets in England have...
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puppet
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
puppet A figure, usually...a theatrical show. Puppets are thus to be distinguished...Occasionally, however, puppet theatre has become...operas were composed for puppets; Alessandro Scarlatti...Count Esterhazy. The puppet theatre occasionally...
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The Meat Puppets
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
The Meat Puppets Rock band For the Record… Hailed...development during the 1980s, the Meat Puppets have surfed atop the rise and fall of...the mutations occurring from one Meat Puppets album to the next. “With each...
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puppet theatre
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
puppet theatre Miniature stage for shows of glove puppets, marionettes, rod puppets, and flat and shadow figures. Such theatres existed in ancient Egypt and in Greece from the 5th century bc , in China, Java and elsewhere in Asia, and reached...
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Bread and Puppet Theatre
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Bread and Puppet Theatre. An unconventional performing group...larger‐than‐life puppets and avant‐garde theatre techniques...is now back in Vermont where the Bread and Puppet Museum is located.
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