Word: echo
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...author tips his hat to Sir Arthur early on. The name of his medieval detective, William of Baskerville, is an echo of the Sherlock Holmes story The Hound of the Baskervilles. In the 14th century context, William is a Franciscan friar, famed for his formidable powers of deduction. His companion and disciple is called Adso, or in French, Adson, as in the phrase "Elementary, my dear Adson...
Discussion of this point leads Rosovsky to echo a familiar theme of President Bok's: institutional neutrally. "We assemble as faculty members," he says. "There are so many issues that people would like us to take about that are issues of general interest, but I feel we should only talk about those things in a sense in which our continue has some meaning. And that's essentially on issues of education...
...classics echo constantly throughout Hadzi's work. Many of his earlier, more representational works involve the mythical figures of centaurs and lapiths. Later series evoke images of helmets, shields and arches. And if the sculptures themselves are not heroic enough certainly their names are "Delphic Omphalos," River Oracle," and "Naxian Object...
...have tried to echo it today from the convulsed heart of Latin America...
Citing Kenyatta's letter, Dean of the Law School James A. Vorenberg '49 criticizes the boycotters, calling their protest a reverse-racist personal attack on the white teacher of the class. Jack Greenberg, Director General of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Columnists around the country echo this analysis...