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...attained his first eminence as a West End matinee idol, and his second as a Hollywood dreamboat in Wuthering Heights (1939) and Rebecca (1940). Though he pored over scripts like a new critical scholar, he was an irrepressibly physical stage performer, scaling balconies and executing dizzying falls with Fairbanksian elan. Like many men, Olivier housed a congeries of contradictions; uniquely, he transformed them into living...
...David K. Elan...
...world, America has lost some of its radiant pride of place. Japan has risen. Europe is organizing itself into a new collective power. The Soviet Union is struggling to escape the dustbin of history. Gorbachev, a magician of much elan, attempts to rescind the hoax of Communism without denouncing its idea. It is fascinating to watch a smart man trying to defend a premise that is beneath his intelligence...
Walkers ranged in age and in affiliation. Hannah Embree and her sister from Wellesley, both senior citzens, completed the entire course and earmarked their funds for the Boston-Cambridge Ministry for Higher Education and the United Church of Christ Peace Ministry. Eight-year-old Elan Schwarz and his pal ten-year-old Kenji Foster said they were attending in the "cause of world peace and disarmament" with their parents and teacher from the Charles River School...
...care facilities of comparable quality, he pays the bank only $520 through convenient payroll deductions. Moreover, the arrangement allows him to avoid paying taxes on the portion of his salary that goes to child care. The best part, though, is that Shanker can walk downstairs at lunchtime to visit Elan and Dannel, and is nearby in case of emergency...