Word: daniels
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...parents. Almost too coincidently, Diana stumbles across an article in a newspaper describing an unusual young man named Day Whittaker (John Walcutt) who claims that another person lives inside him and speaks through him. To Diana's surprise, the mysterious voice belongs to none other than her late grandfather, Daniel Montross. Quickly, Diana is drawn into a bizarre world in which the past is manifested in the present, insistently calling for recognition...
...good deal of Return hinges on the question of identity. Day is stifled and trapped by the spirit of Daniel Montross, a spirit that is sometimes benign and amusing, but more often stridently demanding, driving to fulfill its purpose to return to life. Understandably, Diana is unable to separate the present incarnation from the past life. Although she is attracted to Day, a stronger, more compelling attraction to the voice of her grandfather constantly interferes. This merging of identity, then, is subtly and uncomfortably incestuous...
...Electronic Ceremonies," Daniel Dayan and Elihu Katz examine the media's responsibility for the performance-as-reality, recalling how Charles and Di's royal nuptials were transformed into a product for public consumption by the mass invitations sent out via television, the "class equalizer." Roland Barthes's "I Hear and I Obey..." goes to obscenity's other extreme, reducing audience participation to instinctive impulse. Guido Crepax's comic strip, "The Story of O," illustrates how it is in the insidious positioning of narrator and audience that pornographic outrage finds expression; as Barthes observes from the sidelines, O's sexual organ...
Vice President and General Counsel Daniel Steiner '54, Harvard's point man on Black Rock, said this week that he is still waiting for a new offer from Mann. In the past, he has said Harvard "is not inclined" to leave more than the $400,000 sale money with the forest, but he said he would consider any future offers...
...From the point of view of excitement and enthusiasm, it seems to be wonderful," said Professor of Anatomy Dr. Daniel A. Goodenough '66, one of five tutorial leaders...