Word: darkeness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...maintained his 6-ft. 2-in., 190-lb. frame in perfect trim. Possessed of a ringing baritone, he was poised for a career in opera. Then, early last year, the glands in his neck became swollen and remained so for months on end. By summer, two small dark spots had appeared on his legs. At the urging of a friend, Jack, a homosexual, went to a doctor. The swollen glands were a sign that his immune system was depressed; the penny-size leg spots were Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), the so-called gay cancer. During the next half-year...
...what "we" are considering today? Or are we considering the teacher considering Kafka, and if that is the case, what exactly is to be considered-the learned scholar stocked deep with information about "irony" and "metaphor," or the still deeper mind, which has confronted Kafka alone in a private dark, and which Kafka has confronted in turn? "How does one say that [D.H.] Lawrence is right in his great rage against the modern emotions, unless one speaks from the intimacies of one's own feelings, and one's own sense of life, and one's own worked...
...reconceived by Director Robert Allan Ackerman, however, the play is a dark comedy that chronicles the ceaseless small betrayals committed against one another by the discontented. The working-class victims suffer most from their own lack of drive, discipline and vision. The functionaries are somewhat pitiable; the scion of privilege is doltishly well meaning rather than imperiously smug. As a result, the play is more poignant and its eruptions of violence truly unsettling...
Inside, all is propriety and decorum, from the high ceilings, and dark wood panelling to the hushed voices of waiters pouring coffee...
NCAA basketball sweepstakes, yes, that's right, sweepstakes. This isn't just an average tournament. The 48-team draw (down to 44 teams as of today) is packed with no-names, little-knowns, dark horses, over-rated favorites (no names, please), etc., and there are plenty of betting pools to stimulate guesswork. In a usually unpredictable tournament, this year's sweepstakes figure to witness more surprises than normal...