Word: ancients
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...reference to Judgment Day is not what it seems to be -a prediction by one of the gloomier Old Testament prophets. It is, instead, one of 1,185 hieroglyphic "spells," or sayings, which have been found on coffins that date back to the Middle Kingdom (2200-1800 B.C.) of ancient Egypt. Known collectively as the Coffin Texts, the spells contain the earliest known body of Egyptian teaching on ethics; what makes them theologically intriguing is the belief of some scholars that Moses, the founder of the Israelite religion, borrowed heavily from their ethical principles in shaping a moral code...
...good of the Paganini Quartet to retrieve Ginestera, currently Argentina's leading composer, from the limbo to which serious Latin American composers are relegated. Ginestera's Quartet No. 1 (1950) attempts, according to Henri Temianka, first violinist, to evoke ancient Aztec and Incan civilizations. It combines the performance effects of Ravel and Debussy, the rhythmic drive and insistence of Bartok, and a peculiar harmonic clarity which could be interpreted as simple-mindedness. Both the first and second movements, in spite of constant, rapid, and vigorous rhythms, remain static on D. Open fifths, played tutti, reinforce the strength of the rhythms...
Expedition (ABC, 7-7:30 p.m.). Seeking out ancient customs and rituals, the program visits the South Pacific island of Pentecost, where young men climb a 90-ft. tower and dive to the solid ground...
From Osaka, the party drove to an ancient Buddhist temple at Nara, where priests offered Kennedy incense sticks, indicated a nearby bronze kettle where the sticks are traditionally burned by visitors. Kennedy motioned to accompanying Ambassador Edwin O. Reischauer. "What are the implications if I do this?" Replied the ambassador: "It just shows respect. Go ahead." "You're sure it won't look as if I'm worshiping Buddha?" asked Roman Catholic Kennedy. Whispered Reischauer: "No, It's O.K." Kennedy picked up an incense stick still muttering: "If I get kicked...
...conspicuous example of that 20th century phenomenon, the great novelist who does not write novels. The Fox in the Attic, his first novel in 24 years, is the first installment of a grand design, The Human Predicament, intended as a fictional study of the demonic forces that shattered the ancient mosaic of European civilization...