Word: alpha
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Although much of the dialogue is of this simple nature, the stream of consciousness and diary passages of the novel are very elegant in their prose, though occasionally a little too literary. The diary of Alpha, a primary school teacher who married Martin Neumiller, discusses the philosophy of religion along with her new school marm duties. Yet the portrayal of women is highly sensitive and the pattern of symbols in the novel, particularly in the discussions of time and the land, is rich and complex...
...narratives compounds the problem of narration. As in Faulkner, it is sometimes difficult to know who is speaking and what he is talking about. One poignant example is found in a chapter entitled "The Basement." The beginning of the two-page chapter talks about the children and their mother, Alpha, in the third person; and this chapter, which points out the importance of the house and land to the children, ends in a rather Faulknerian ambiguity: "And this place our mother didn't mind one bit, or so it seems now, or was then, once, or is so forever...
When such conditions are present, the results can be moving. Alpha (1975), with its ribbed and sharply folding tentlike shapes of orange steel, is arguably one of the most successful pieces of monumental sculpture produced by an American in the past decade. No photograph can convey the peculiar intricacy of space that it develops from what seems a simple formula of two skewed triangular prisms, one inside the other...
Question: During the trial of a case by Attorney Alpha, Attorney Beta saw Alpha having a drink in a bar with one of the jurors in the case. The ethical obligation of Attorney Beta, who was not involved in the case, was to 1) keep this knowledge confidential; 2) reprimand Alpha for drinking in a public place with a juror; 3) inform the judge trying the case of this incident; 4) warn Alpha and the juror not to talk further to each other. Answer...
...Eastern Sprints, the alpha and omega of the rowing season, is upon us, and while most everyone will agree that coming in first is the only thing that counts. God bless Vince Lombardi, each individual oarsmen does have a special attitude toward the Granddaddy of them...