Word: flame
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Icastic imagery can be found in the models of the crystal ("the self-organizing system") and the flame ("order out of noise"), which Calvino steals from a debate between Jean Piaget and Noam Chomsky on the philosophy of science. Under the emblem of the crystal, language is a privileged place where a geometric pattern of meaning may grow despite surrounding disorder. Calvino names Wallace Stevens as a poet of the crystal. Under the emblem of the flame, on the other hand, language unifies disorder by consuming it. William S. Burroughs might be a partisan of the flame...
...whole mood of the play tends to center around the mercurial temperament of Hedda. This leaves the rest of the cast at her violent mercy. The pathetically weak Thea Elvstead (Susan Levine), who has become the new love interest of Hedda's old flame Eilert Lovborg (Josh Frost), becomes one of the key victims of her wrath. In a revealing scene between the two, Hedda curls Thea's mousy locks around her fingers and snarls: "Maybe I will burn off your hair...
...just above the falls to tempt Christopher Reeve's Clark Kent into revealing his identity by rescuing her. Kent avoids the trap by helping her out with a tree branch. Only when they are drying off in front of a fireplace does his failure to be scorched by a flame inspire Lois to try again: "You are Superman...
...phrase endures, but it can only flicker like a weak flame in the glare of continued social injustice...
Nieuwendyk, last year's ECAC Player of the Year, decided to turn pro and play for the Calgary Flames. In 67 games for Calgary, Joltin' Joe has been one hot Big Red Flame. He has scored 46 goals, the fourth best mark in the NHL, and has dished out 34 assists for a total of 80 points...