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...violence to one another. Their weapons are their wounds: old snubs and older betrayals. The law they fight under is the law of the jungle, where only the strong and the cunning survive from one holiday to the next, and the prize they contest is the crown, emblem of land and power...
...Spangling the night sky, the unattainable stars have always invoked reverence and wonder. It was natural for those recording the birth of Christ to associate the event with a star. Even today a star, gleaming over a creche or twinkling from the top of a Christmas tree, remains the emblem of hope. "It is not difficult to understand why a star was chosen as a symbol to mark the birth of Christ," muses Astrophysicist Jesse Greenstein of the California Institute of Technology. "Stars are more mysterious and remote than moon or sun gods. At the time of Christ, people...
...plummeting, erratic nighthawks of summer evenings, the flocks of plaintive waxwings and the great, flame-crested pileated woodpeckers that hammered at the roadside stumps." For Volume I the artist has selected 53 species to illustrate, including numerous sea birds and the bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), the endangered national emblem of the U.S., which thrives in western Canada...
Equal polish was apparent in the concluding work of the program Friday night, the light and diverting National Emblem March of E.G. Bagley. As through most of the other parts of the concert, particularly the Persichetti and Milhaud, the Concert Band rose to the full demands of tonal color and concerted playing. The trombones highlighted the instrumentation, and the piece was conveyed rather enjoyably--like the Gabrieli Canzon--with an obvious glee not always suitable in other parts of the concert...
...game was based on a series of "dramatic reversals." Perhaps, he suggested, it should be called Othello. Today Othello is a national pastime played by some 25 million Japanese-and a full-blown fad replete with towels, tie clasps, and key chains, all emblazoned with the distinctive Othello emblem. Spearheaded by Fumio Fujita, 27, a barber from outside Tokyo and the game's reigning champion, Othello has invaded England...