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...clearly Becket's greatness; at the same time we are permitted a glimpse into his madness. The four women of Canterbury play their roles with a vitality that does much to enhance the importance of their function within the play; unfortunately, however, the energy with which they weep and gnash their teeth sometimes has a way of obscuring the beauty of their lines...
...considerably more vivid in their portrayal of the hereafter. In Revelation, heaven is described as a city of "pure gold" whose walls are "adorned with every jewel," and hell is called "the lake that burns with fire and brimstone"; in hell, according to Matthew, sinners "will weep and gnash their teeth." Though scholars regard such descriptions as being primarily imagery, Christianity at one time accepted them as literally true. In the Middle Ages, Dante confidently limned a topography of the beyond that seemed as convincingly detailed as a map of Italy...
...finally, might this whole business of "indefinite tabling" simply be a ruse on the part of the Masters to delay a change which they know will occur sooner or later? If so, we can only gnash our teeth while the wheels of progress grind exceeding slow. The student bodies of Harvard and Radcliffe, as well as this newspaper, have made it indisputably clear that interhouse dining would be a good thing and welcomed by everyone. What then is the point of postponing the advantages, financial, moral, social, aesthetic, and the rest? The students have demanded this change--and it should...
...Disney and dinosaurs practically carry the fair. It's the reptiles that have invaded Sinclair's ginkgo tree grove. The saurus family-Ankylo, Stego, Tyranno and big brother Bronto -stand around as if they couldn't believe that mammals had inherited the earth. While the others gnash their teeth, Bronto -all five tons of him-just stands there and blinks...
...destroy mankind. Death was presented as a grotesque buffoon called Nekrozotar, dressed something like a frogman, with huge teeth painted over his upper and lower jaws. "Aiee," cried Nekrozotar. "Smoke, froth, snort: animal! Make way for death! Shake the bells, set up altars, light candles, spray holy water, gnash your teeth, cry with bloody tears, chew ashes, devour each other, kiss each other, go to the left, go to the right, go up, go down, burn incense. The old world is going to perish. Hiue...