Word: beautyful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Died. Princess Irina Youssoupoff, 74, widow of Prince Felix Youssoupoff, the assassin of Rasputin, and niece of Czar Nicholas II; of a heart attack; in Paris. A fragile beauty whose wedding to Youssoupoff in 1914 mirrored all the pomp and splendor of the Romanoff empire, Princess Irina was hundreds of...
The acting itself was uniformly good. William Young, as Thomas Becket, turned in a performance that was for the most part sensitive to the ambiguities and contradictions of his character's personality. We see clearly Becket's greatness; at the same time we are permitted a glimpse into his madness...
Though he won little public acclaim until late in his life, Avery was early known as an artist's artist. His Manhattan studio became a gathering place for many newcomers, among them Rothko and Adolph Gottlieb. Avery and friends sketched frequently at each other's homes. Seated Blonde...
Indeed, the whole enchanted continent, originally colonized by white men in pursuit of El Dorado and the Fountain of Youth, is encapsulated in Macondo. The only trace of the Protestant ethic in the town is the operation of the U.S banana company-and the "gringos" are plainly mean, greedy, and...
The alienated soul must reject Shakespeare's "noble vision" of order, peace, honor, and beauty, he commented. "As readers, we strongly incline to [this] antagonistic view," he added.