Word: classicism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...classic Realpolitik...
...scenes as Miriam are just as funny: in the film's best bit, Down turns the act of shaving Connery's neck into a delicate game of lovers' oneupmanship. Yet this actress is not merely another talented comedienne: she also has the voluptuous figure and classic features of an oldtime movie star. When she strips down to black silk undies and slithers under the sheets with Connery, the audience gets a dizzying whiff of pure sex worthy of Loren or Monroe. It is no wonder that Director Michael Crichton's camera all but jumps into...
...killifish, and as obscure as the parasites of the genus Trich-odina that live in the minnow's gills. "Early on," writes Janovy, "the killifish was shown to be not a fish but a community, and the community itself encompasses both the artist and the laborer, both the classic and the romantic, both the ballerina and the boor." This could be misconstrued as mere anthropomorphism. But as Janovy proves, these creatures really do assume roles like those of the "civilized" community outside...
...came to Harvard because I didn't particularly care for that idea. This school, more than any other, wraps itself inside a vision of immortality, of the glory of knowledge eternal, rising with calm through the ages. There is a permanence to the walls, to the libraries, to the classic beauty of the Yard on a spring day, that mocks the passage of time. To descend into Widener in search of history is to forget that we will all be history soon enough, and be judged. This institution swallows up little men and women and tells them they will live...
...Stanford 81-103L Arizona State** (OT)77-81L Boston College** 78-83L Fordham** 60-71L at Pepperdine 63-95L Pennsylvania* 77-103L Princeton* 49-55L Holy Cross 73-90L Northeastern 61-81L *Ivy League *at Boston Garden **at Rainbow Classic, Honolulu...