Word: dueling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first page of this massive Civil War novel, Hero John Bottomley is up before dawn to fight a duel with villainous Ules Monckton. But he does not reach the dueling ground until page 143. having lost his way in a maze of flashbacks intended to introduce the reader to the large, and largely predictable, cast. There is the weak younger brother who breaks his stern daddy's heart; the high-strung mother who fears a slave insurrection; the "giddy, harum-scarum" little sister; the coldly beautiful woman who spurns the hero and marries money; and inevitably, a willful, head...
...Using mostly her own company and appearing herself in the leading role, Choreographer Graham presented the last struggles of Mary Queen of Scots to Webern's expansive Passacaglia, Opus i, Six Pieces, Opus 6. The work detailed Mary's discard of the symbols of statecraft, her hopeless duel with Elizabeth, her course to death on the scaffold. Brilliantly costumed, the work had some stunning theatrical effects: the sudden revelation of Elizabeth in shimmering gold gown as her high-backed throne turns slowly to the audience, the ritualistic tennis game played with gold rackets and balls by Elizabeth...
...swarming with Austrian soldiers and two-faced informers, handsome Angelo performs one brilliant, noble deed after another, soon wins himself a cheering public. Even before his stature has become "heroic," his bosses maneuver a neat fix: Angelo must be killed and enshrined as a national martyr. Instead, in a duel, innocent Angelo spits his enemy through the gizzard and continues to thrive. His bosses keep on hoping, when he is ordered to blow up an Austrian powder store and burn the fodder of the enemy cavalry. Instead of perishing superbly in the attempt, Angelo just does the job very efficiently...
...Green has not fulfilled pre-season expectations, but will still offer the varsity a considerable challenge. This will be especially true, if pitcher Art Quirk gets the starting assignment. Quirk is an extremely talented athlete, who last week bested Brown's Dave Manson, 1-0, in a duel between the League's two top moundsmen...
...first day at school, Jim's class pays a visit to a planetarium, which the gang decides to make the scene for a little action. Buzzy, stereotyped black-jacketed levi leader of the mob, goads Jim into a switchblade duel. (Stark has a paranoic aversion to being called "chicken") But merely proving himself in this daytime version of kicks is not enough; society demands more...