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Aspects of Frye's thesis are often as complex as his style is weighty. In brief, Frye's concept of Romance is based on the two charts of archetypal worlds he used so often in classes last year: the cyclical world moving around the earth, upward to heaven, downward toward hell, and then back to earth again; and the polarized world of identity and alienation. These worlds form the backdrop for his vast catalogue of common ascent and descent motifs in Romance, and the redemptive/demonic or fulfilled/alienated heroes and heroines that people them...
...completely by surprise." At the beginning of January the expectation of the pros on Wall Street was that the traditional January buying flurry, essentially a technical correction following the tax-loss sell-offs at year's end, would be only a blip on an otherwise flat or slightly downward curve. Instead, an inexplicable renewal of optimism caused a wave of heavy buying, and the running of the bulls into the market began. As prices started to rise, the big institutions, such as banks' trust departments, pension funds, insurance companies and mutual funds, became anxious not to be left...
...Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act and the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Act. Simple enough, until the lines of authority begin to move back and forth. At first, they are as clear and as easily traced as a mountain stream. Then they flow downward-through eight agencies, such as the Social Rehabilitation Service and the Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Administration; 20 bureaus, such as the Office of Native American Programs and the National Heart and Lung Institute; and 40 programs, including Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act contracts and the Area Planning and Social Services...
...near the end of the second 50-mile lap, the Laughlin 300 has become a numbing routine. The dull ache at the base of my neck spreads downward into the cavities separating each vertebra. As Evans slows for a 20-second refueling stop, I get out. The race will last five more hours. Only 31 of the 111 cars that started will finish, not including Evans' Chevy-a transmission seal blew. I'm certainly not a winner. Nevertheless I walk from Walker's smoking truck with a trophy: an empty barf...
...services plunged at an annual rate of 11.4%, the steepest drop in 30 years. Unemployment, which began soaring at the end of 1974, continued bounding up to a peak of 9.2% last May-the highest since before Pearl Harbor. Fear spread that the nation might have started on a downward spiral into depression...