Word: cressida
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First of all, let's leave ancient history out of this. In Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, the playwright is not confronting us with those noble Greek and Trojan warriors that Homer and others sang of. The proper names are retained--Priam, Hector, Aeneas, Achilles, Ulysses, and the rent--but any further resemblances are purely coincidental. Cressida does not even exist in the Illad; and the sagittarial hero-god Pandarus was not debased into a pimp until Boccaccio latched onto...
...Denmark. It has became global, and may well become universal. Knowledge is infinite; wisdom is finite. And for the first time in history, man's knowledge has now surpassed his wisdom to use it. The outlook is bleak; and never before has man so needed Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida...
British Composer Sir William Walton, 58, is an orderly man who prefers to leave no compositional form neglected. Accordingly, he has written at least "one of everything" during his career: a symphony, an opera (Troilus and Cressida), concertos for solo instruments, chamber works. Having covered the circuit once, he is now making the rounds again: last week Sir William was in Manhattan to hear the visiting Cleveland Orchestra give the New York premiere of his Symphony...
...books were bought by Dr. Rosenbach." The coolness with which the Philadelphia dealer, by an inclination of his head, would top a bid by ?500 caught the public's fancy, and Dr. R. knew how to keep publicity afloat. Solemnly he advertised: "Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, 1609; First Edition; $12,500. No family can be happy without...
Freshman 150 Ib. Crew; Harvard Mountaineering Club; Harvard Ski Club (Vice-President); Eliot House Crew (To Henley Royal Regatta, England); Christian Science Organization (Treasurer and Vice President); Dramatics; Winthrop House ("Guys and Dolls"); HDC ("Trolius and Cressida," "Caucasian Chalk Circle"); NROTC...