Word: epitaphed
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...converted by the evident attractiveness of a phenomenon that wavers between non sequitur and epiphany--epitaph?--for our times, you may find the "Time Warp" of socially redeeming value. Or maybe the ushers will scare you. Or--just possibly--there is no hope at all for you and you will end up like the student who, when asked what she thought of Rocky Horror, replied: 'Something that should be seen. Once...
...Celtics--Cowens and Havlicek included--have departed over the last few years, Hondo after a year-long farewell party, Cowens with only his personally written epitaph as a goodbye. But Arnold Auerbach remains, and the boundless ability of the oldest Celtic of them all is why the Celtics--infinitely capable of finishing third in the NBA Atlantic Division--might instead garner another green and white flag for their rafter collection...
Peter Sellers is dead [Aug. 4], but his unique creations-Dr. Strangelove, Inspector Clouseau, Chance the gardener -will live on. Generations not yet born will hail Sellers as a comic genius in the tradition of Chaplin, Keaton and Lloyd. Sellers made us laugh. What better epitaph can a man have...
...Although the practice was uncommon in such circumstances, Lord Snow took out a coat of arms. The design bridged the two cultures, showing two quill pens crossed over a telescope. It also included two Siamese cats, his favorite breed, and a Latin motto that can stand as his epitaph: Aut inveniam viam aut faciam-I shall either find a way or make...
...tormenting illness. The man who had sought to impose his will on the world had a peculiar last request: he wanted to be buried in an unmarked grave. The wish was respected. Today no one knows the great reformer's final resting place. But the book offers an epitaph: "He meant what he said." The reverse is true for this imaginative biography: Norton-Taylor performs the considerable task of saying what Calvin meant...