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...every one of his plays through The Three Sisters. But here, for the first time, the pistol shot takes place way off in the distance. And only in his final play, The Cherry Orchard, is there no pistol--instead we hear the forlorn sound of a far-off axe chopping a tree as the curtain falls...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Chekhov's 'Three sisters' Admirably Staged | 8/5/1969 | See Source »

...figure it, my tutor will learn to live with student power--begrudgingly but nevertheless. He may even learn to live With Eldridge Cleaver, though I'm hedging my bets. But he won't learn to live with anything or anybody that sticks an axe in his face--so why bother? In America, for the time being, revolutions are to be sold rather than made...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From The End of Four Years | 6/30/1969 | See Source »

...next morning the preacher is found hacked to death and Milo has vanished. George pushes on to a new town and eventually to a new home. But he knows that he has not seen the last of his friend. When Milo returns, it is as the fool killer, axe in hand, prepared to fulfill the prophecy of Dirty Jim's legend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Gothic Legend | 6/27/1969 | See Source »

...figure it, my tutor will learn to live with student power--begrudgingly but nevertheless. He may even learn to live with Eldridge Cleaver, though I'm hedging in my bets. But he won't learn to live with anything or anybody that sticks an axe in the face--so why bother? In America, for the time being, revolutions are to be sold rather than made...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From The End of Four Years | 6/12/1969 | See Source »

Give 'Em the Axe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 11, 1969 | 4/11/1969 | See Source »

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