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Anti-Castro Cuban expatriates have inserted him into a messianic narrative in which Elian, plucked from the sea, stands as Moses discovered among the bulrushes: Just as Moses led the Jews out of slavery in Egypt, so to will Elian free Cubans from Castro's rule.
The girls wield branches of the holy sakaki tree and dance to an orchestra composed of wooden clappers (hyoshigi), plucked zither (koto), mouth organ (sho), and the oboe-like hichiriki, together with flute and drum.
Versace tends to twitch the drapes so they hang an extra bit, as if already plucked at by a lustful hand.
Literally, “plucked,” or “bald,” el pelado was a designation used for a clownish performer, an improvised character type developed by performing theater groups in the 1920s, in Mexico and in the Southwest.
"The winds have plucked off slabs of concrete and left the sidewalks gap-toothed," the NYT correspondent writes.