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...picture reminds us of Icarus’ tragic tale. His hand reaches out behind him in a way that seems to recall Michelangelo’s painting on the Sistine Chapel of God giving life to man. The figure’s head turns away towards the fallen son in an expression of equal parts bliss and pain...
...that the curtain has fallen on Titus’ and buck’s theatrical runs, Harvard’s Puritans can breathe a sigh of relief. For the rest of us, it’s back to the video store...
...shocked that I had fallen in love with my first cousin and surprised that this miracle had fallen on me," says Paul. "My only real concern was the medical issue...
...going fast enough to remain vertical. Rheumy-eyed old timers lean on fences in the grip of some nameless torpor. Silent saffron parades of monks glide by, footsteps raising little puffs of dust, stooping now and then to solicit alms. Time creeps by. You imagine some indolent imp has fallen asleep inside your watch and gummed up its works. Indeed, Luang Prabang might just be the best value holiday destination in Asia, if only because a day here seems to last as long as two anywhere else...
Beware of men in robes. Fallen spiritual figures are in painfully plentiful supply these days, and as a sprawling new history of the San Francisco Zen Center shows, the list of faiths bedeviled by them very definitely includes Zen Buddhism?in particular, the unique American variety of it that sprang into being...