The nadir was the Indian chief on roller skates.

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It was like the walls were on roller skates.

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The church has always been portrayed by Fellini in satirical terms (remember the "ecclesiastical fashion show" in "Roma, " with priests on roller skates?), but not spitefully, for Fellini seems never to have had a malicious bone in his body.

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From the London-based Underground Rebel Bingo Club, which throws wild, impromptu bingo parties around the world, to a version in Philadelphia involving drag queens on roller skates, to "cosmic bingo" played under black light, bingo is crawling out of its recreation-center past.

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From 3:30 pm to 6 pm, the Prenestina Philharmonic orchestra will play some of the most famous pieces by Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Strauss and Gounod to accompany a variety of performances, including by world-champion ice skaters Alessandro Spigai and Anna Remondini (on roller-skates), stilt-walkers and traditional dancers.

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