Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Soldier Moves Up. The rise of Marshal Zhukov, the only real fighting man (except the ancient Voroshilov) admitted to the top Presidium of the party, gave rise to a rash of headlines and a flurry of commentators' speculations on the key role of the Red army. But U.S. specialists on Soviet affairs do not go so far: they point out that Zhukov was just one of five alternates who automatically moved up to fill a vacancy; had the army exacted a special price for its support of Khrushchev, some other marshal would presumably have moved up to alternate...
...Grinning broadly, South Africa's red-faced Bobby Locke, 39, casually flicked in an 18-in. putt on the last hole at St. Andrews' Royal and Ancient Club to win his fourth British Open. Locke's score for 72 holes: 279, nine under...
...tunic, broad waistband, fringed mantle to the ankles, shawl flaring over the left shoulder. In another slab, the figures performing the priestly task of lustrating the sacred tree have the heads of strong-beaked birds of prey. The stylized, forthright carvings testify to the power and skill of an ancient...
...until Cressida (or Crisseyida, as Ashton would have it) appears in Priam's court. The reason Cressida is in court is that her father, Calchas, has deserted to the Greeks, and Cressida is therefore in danger of being adjudged a security risk. Troilus naturally defends her against the ancient Committee on Un-Trojan Activities and, naturally enough, the two fall in love...
...play, has taken the overworked Troilus and Cressida theme, retained the Trojan setting, and come up with two acts that purport to depict the horrors of war. By war, Ashton means War, and he has underscored the universality of his theme by a sometimes clever juxtaposition of the ancient and the modern...