Word: apocalypticism
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Speaking in London, Donald Marron, president of Paine Webber-which itself has merged with Mitchell, Hutchins Inc. -delivered an apocalyptic forecast. Said he: "The institutional equity business [e.g., handling of purchases by pension funds, insurance companies and bank trusts], standing by itself with full trading and research services, is no...
From the 7th through 12th centuries, medieval Spain, isolated on the Iberian peninsula, developed an artistic tradition distinct from the rest of Europe's. Visigoth and Muslim influences brought a pagan exoticism to Spain's Christian art, particularly in illuminated manuscripts. Early Spanish Manuscript Illumination by John Williams...
It's an apocalyptic and dark-sounding song, reminiscent of Hendrix's version of "All Along the Watchtower," and Costello proves in it that his music is more than just a clever recreation of vintage rock.
It is lust, all right, but in the person of Frank Langella as a demonic force from the nether world, there is also a doomed lyrical romanticism, a nocturne by Chopin, infused into the play. Tall, slender, incomprehensible as magic, garbed in a cape of Stygian splendor, with a face...
Still, Director Scola (We All Loved Each Other So Much) does much to redeem these flaws with his evocative film making style. He infuses his apartment-house setting with a threatening feeling that recalls De Chirico's art as well as the character of Fascist architecture; he floods the...