Word: abysses
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Which course, then, is Harvard to choose? Shall we follow Dartmouth College and Brown University into the abyss of submission to local provincial whim? Or shall we stand firm with the rest of the Ivy League, as national institutions, in adhering to Eastern Standard Time? Waiter L. McLean '56, Timothy D. Eilard '56, Edward K. L. Upton '56, Alan D. Lourle '56, Charles S. Lipson '54, and David J. Dreyer...
Certainly, it did not bridge the abyss that had opened in U.S.-British relations...
...arms outstretched in the gesture that once thrilled all France, General Charles de Gaulle, 63, spoke his mind. "France has a humane mission," he said. "[It] is undoubtedly to ensure that the two halves of the world do not cast themselves into the abyss . . . Above all, let us remain France, sovereign, independent and free!" His followers thundered applause...
...easy to see why Berlioz is called the "father of modern orchestration." In Mephisto's sardonic serenade, for instance, plucked strings serve as a monstrous guitar-like accompaniment; in the Ride to the Abyss, woodwinds croak like vultures and wild hoofbeats run through the strings. But the Damnation of Faust is not a mere succession of orchestral and choral "effects." Besides dramatic fireworks, it contains pages of melodic beauty--like Marguerite's Romance--that place it among the most inspired works of the Romantic period...
...violent, hot land of Iran last week headed uncontrollably over the crumbling edge of the abyss, and then, during three wild days, pulled itself back to safety...