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...that astronomers ever stopped looking--at first, within the solar system, for the mysterious Planet X (now considered very unlikely to exist), and then, as powerful instruments like the 200-in. Hale telescope came online, around other stars as well. But picking out a planet against the glare of a star is like trying to spot a 100-watt light bulb next to a 100-billion-watt searchlight. Astronomers find it much easier to look for the subtle influence a planet might have on its parent star...
Neither the Cupid nor the elegy is intrinsically different now, in the full glare of worldwide publicity, than a few weeks ago, when both enjoyed obscurity. The only thing that has changed is the attitude we are expected to bring to these objects. What we could safely ignore or overlook before now commands our reverent attention because the names Michelangelo and Shakespeare have been attached to them...
...1930s and early 40s, James Davis began working with plastic, fascinated with the new material's ability to reflect pools of light. Experimenting with this quirky, technicolor glare, Davis created films which shift from the geometry of work like Fischinger's towards a more mysterious use of light. His 1961 "Death and Transfiguration" uses light to create twisting forms which play over the similarly twisting torso of a man It's a strange, shifting film, unlike much else in the retrospective...
...this weekend, take a break from writing that paper or doing that problem set. If you're planning on seeing a movie in one of the blockbuster cinermas, think twice. On Friday afternoon, walk down those steps just beyond the neon glare of HMV, pick up a Brattle Theatre schedule, post it on your wall and refer to it often. Buy a gift subscription for a friend Go see "It's a Wonderful Life" on the big screen before you go home for the holidays--it's an experience no one should be without. We're running the risk...
...high-publicity murder trials opened, and without the glare of courtroom television coverage. In Los Angeles prosecutors began their retrial of Lyle and Erik Menendez on charges of having murdered their parents; the prior prosecution of the brothers, who claim they were driven to kill by years of sexual abuse, ended in hung juries. In Houston, Yolanda Saldivar went on trial for the murder of Tejano singing star Selena. The former president of Selena's fan club, Saldivar claims the shooting was an accident...