Word: deathe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...snide remarks about the deceased evoke the contradictory aspects of Antoine's character. In the second act he materializes onstage, rehearsing a group of actors in his last play. To be performed for himself alone, it is about how his relatives and friends will react to his death. In the play-within-the-play (a favorite Anouilh device), the characters and their lines are identical with those of the first act but enriched by Antoine's commenting presence...
...Nosis criminally responsible for Ripple's death? Akron Prosecutor James V. Barbuto could find no precedent for such a prosecution in his state. Words, after all, are not blows. And the early common-law rule was that a man may not be convicted of a killing unless the death was caused by physical contact. Nonetheless, Barbuto charged Nosis with manslaughter...
...incidence, he reports, is especially high among prostitutes and the poor, regardless of creed or color. The death rate is twice as high among low-income Negroes as among all whites, but no higher among high-income Negroes than among high-income whites. The incidence among Jewish women generally is extraordinarily low, although it rises a bit among the poor. Cervical cancer is least likely to attack women with fully circumcised husbands...
...prosecutor had a point. Ohio law says that a man may be convicted of manslaughter if he commits an illegal act that could be "reasonably anticipated by an ordinarily prudent person" as likely to cause another's death. Even if Nosis did not strike Ripple, the prosecution argued at the trial, his threats and gestures amounted to an assault. Moreover, since Nosis knew about Ripple's heart condition, he could have reasonably anticipated that the threats were likely to result in death. Nosis was found guilty, and the Ohio Supreme Court has just upheld that verdict by refusing...
...technological future goes, Eiseley has little doubt that the standard rule of civilization will continue to apply: "Solutions to problems create problems." As if it were perverse salvation, he clings to a classically tragic vision of life. It is a dark journey from birth to death, and nothing can change that...