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...differences, however, are greater than the similarities. The Play of Daniel is an anonymous creation, with roots in folksong and in ecclesiastical chant. It is alternately solemn and joyous, with a directness that is rare in music of any period. The format of the work is more formal than the kind of drama which we are accustomed to. Daniel is a simple re-telling of the Biblical narrative, and there is no more concern for unity of time and place or for psychological realism than in the original tale. The verses of the text are set to unchangingly strophic music...
Cecil Brown has a very subtle way of creating total chaos within your imagination without you ever realizing how it all came about. The style and general format of the novel are easy and without interruption; yet somehow, amid the general flow of things, realities are contorted, perspectives tiltcrazily, and the whole tone of the novel can shuttle back and forth from snide humor to outright malevolence. "All is jive," says Mr. Jiveass Nigger, and from the beginning of the book until its end, you're never quite sure if you might not just be the one who's being...
...tournament will compile league records rather than running on an elimination-round format. Competing teams will face each other all week long and the final standings will be tabulated after Saturday's games. Florida Presbyterian, Coast Guard, Washington and Lee, and Aurora College have already been competing for a week...
Amid some questionable changes in the NCAA competition format, the Harvard fencing team finished the three-day tournament this weekend in South Bend, Ind., in a tie for fourth place, as one Crimson foiled made the first All-American team, and a saberman made the second...
...partial explanation for the Crimson's poor showing on the second day can be attributed to the change of format proposed by the rules committee and somehow accepted by a majority of the coaches...