Word: 20th
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Think that, and think again. You needn't be Return of the Jedi's evil Emperor, pregnant with prescience, to foresee smiles of delicious anticipation as the 20th Century Fox fanfare blares, the Lucasfilm logo fades and the sacred text appears: "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away..." You needn't be a Hollywood accountant, mopey about this year's stagnant box office and praying for a Titanic-size hit, to forehear the cheers that will surely erupt halfway through the film when the Jedi knight Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) casts his laser stare on nine...
...contemporary "Memorial to Lidice" and Bela Bartok's "Violin Concerto No. 2." Even this was tainted by the great Modernist Arnold Schoenber who re-arranged the chamber piece for orchestra. According to the program notes, "Johannes Brahms and Arnold Schoenberg are [not-so] strange bedfellows" in a filigree of 20th century musical fracas that indeed would have made Obi-Wan proud...
Self-portraits by 20th-century figurative expressionist Robert Beauchamp...
...Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute presents a show by 20th century figurative expressionist Robert Beauchamp. "Fantasy and Angst" is an exhibit that includes some of his most famous self-portraits. 15 Commonwealth Ave. at the Arlington T-stop. 266-0953. 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. FREE...
...social phenomenon. And yet they are occurring too often to be dismissed as aberrations. Factors ranging from gun laws to a violent popular culture to the breakdown of community values have combined to turn the playground massacre into a symbol of a deep cultural crisis in late-20th-century America. The First Lady a few years ago used the aphorism "It takes a village to raise a child" as the title for a book. But America has yet to make that particular African proverb...