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...near epic example of the latter is The Dream of the Knight, by the Madrid painter Antonio de Pereda (1611-78). The young Don sleeps, and an angel appears in his dream with a scroll bearing a diagram of death's arrow with the motto, "It pierces eternally, flies quickly and kills." Before the two figures is a tumbled mass of emblems of the world: armor and a wheel-lock gun (military glory), a bishop's miter and a papal tiara (religious authority), a laurel wreath (cultural fame), money, jewels, playing cards, sheet music-and a mirror that reflects only...
Patients think of him as a guardian angel. Nurses call him a god. Virtually every week for the past three decades, pioneering trans-plant surgeon John Najarian -- an Olympian figure with the physique of a football player and the self-confidence to match -- has ventured into the operating room at the University of Minnesota Hospital to battle death. And more often than not, he has won. Patients he has saved can vividly recall the surge of hope they felt when Najarian gave them his simple...
...that Perez is the most common surname in Spanish, like Smith in English, and that this felicitous commonality is what gives the characters their freedom.) In Miami, meanwhile, Juan's wife Carmela (Anjelica Huston) believes that Juan is never going to arrive and, despite the objections of her brother Angel (Diego Walraff), finds herself attracted to a policeman named John Pirelli (Chazz Palminteri...
...prime. His first major-label solo album, 1992's Outward Bound, displayed a brilliant command of styles, including Chet Atkins-style flat picking, Delta blues and slide guitar. His most recent album, South of I-10 (referring to the interstate that bisects Louisiana), is even better. Creole Angel, for example, features a Zydeco-like repeated riff that builds to an overpowering climax. Landreth's variety of accents embraces the joyous cultural fusion that is Cajun country. Says he: "Man, this is the place to be." It's hard to disagree. --With reporting by David E. Thigpen/New York
...pessimist--I feel that our society is generally an honest one. I'm not a starry eyed optimist either--I don't feel that a completely honest society is either possible, or necessary, nor do I expect any individual to be a perfect angel...