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Dunster's system, which the House Committee approved unanimously last night, tries to "depict mathematically the vagaries of human experience," according to Committee chairman John A. Purvis '64. Devised by Andrew G. Faulkner '64, the system favors thesis-writing seniors. It works as follows...

Author: By Hendrik Hertzberg, | Title: Houses Devise Schemes For Room Distribution | 2/6/1964 | See Source »

Ramses built the larger temple in his own honor. The four 65 foot-high colossi hewn from the cliff depict him; the has reliefs that line the chambers burrowing deep into the cliff behind them illustrate his triumphs. The pharaoh built many temples to himself, but only at Abu Simbel did dignity triumph over the vulgarity of profuse ornamentation...

Author: By Daniel J. Chasan, | Title: Abu Simbel | 11/25/1963 | See Source »

...read your cover story of Dr. Calvin Gross [Nov. 15] with great interest and a deep feeling of pride. My friend and classmate through elementary and high schools has been living up to everyone's expectations. You depict a person of near-infallibility. I must agree with you. When TIME asked me if I could think of one thing that Calvin failed to do well, I honestly could not do so. He epitomizes brilliance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 22, 1963 | 11/22/1963 | See Source »

...because it shows immoral people?" The point remains moot in smoldering Stockholm. Bergman himself has had no disturbing second thoughts. Silence is the third segment of a trilogy about God, according to Ingmar. The first two parts were Through a Glass Darkly and Winter Light. Silence is intended to depict the cold horror of human existence when God averts his face and there is no light...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies Abroad: Sex & the Swedish Master | 11/15/1963 | See Source »

...beauty." Movement is full of the strain and pain academic ballet attempts to conceal, and each step is meant as a metaphor that tells of the life of the heart. Barefoot and poised in an artificial balance achieved by great feats of technique, the dancers rarely touch except to depict conflict or lust. Each dance seems a ritual from the infernal rites Graham sees in the cave of the heart, spoken in "the cosmic language" of movement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Rites in the Cave of the Heart | 10/25/1963 | See Source »

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