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...mellow, as if he just sipped a special elixir--tea and honey, perhaps. Sitting in Robert Fitzgerald's office before his afternoon reading at Boylston auditorium. Tate looks every bit the Southern gentleman--debonair, impeccably dressed, a hint of Basil Ransom, years after The Bostonians, but with the high forehead and thin, tapered fingers reserved for artists and poets...

Author: By Elizabeth R. Fishel, | Title: Afternoon with Allen Tate | 10/19/1971 | See Source »

...most enraging scenes in Basic Training seem, at first, incidental to the film's major themes. At their center is a scrawny private named Hickman. He's average height, has a thin, sucked-in face with no forehead to speak of; he is pasted with puzzlement, and he walks as if he doubts he can make...

Author: By Michael Sragow, | Title: On WGBH Tonight: Slogging Through to 'Nam | 10/4/1971 | See Source »

...centuries, the form has been the same: an application of the holy oils (chrism) on the recipient's forehead and the words "I mark you with the sign of the cross and I confirm you with the chrism of salvation in the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit." The bishop also delivered a slight blow to the cheek, an adaptation of the symbolic sword stroke of medieval knighting ceremonies that meant the recipient was now a "soldier of Christ," ready to die for his faith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Confirmation Demilitarized | 9/27/1971 | See Source »

...Saints Go Marching In. And at the Manhattan nightclub where he has been appearing, customers respond with rare enthusiasm to his strong, clean horn tones. Just in case anyone misses the point, Enrico rolls his eyes occasionally like Satchmo and even pulls out a white handkerchief to mop his forehead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Young Man with a Horn | 9/13/1971 | See Source »

Slightly Monkish. The birthday was 40 years ago, though Brendel looks older; his high-domed, intellectual forehead is balding from two directions, and his pale eyes and thick glasses give him af slightly monkish appearance. Says Iris Brendel, his beautiful, Argentine-born wife, "We once received a letter from an unknown admirer which said, I only know you from your records. Are you as beautiful as you are talented?' We sent back a picture and that settled that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Elegant Thunderer | 8/23/1971 | See Source »

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