Word: greekness
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...passion, Equus is a talky play, with long speeches about Greek gods and the deadening effects of civilization that in the wrong hands could sound like overwrought, long-winded clichés. Cozzens makes the most of these moments, endowing Dysart with a slightly hostile glare and energetic hands, imbuing his rambling with all the energy of a repressed fancier of a dead society, with a frigid wife and a job whose benefit he begins to doubt. As Alan, Fishburn is a worthy foil, with a mournful stare and an affect that switches like a light between cold disengagement...
...Buttiglione's appointment emerged after his party, the Union of Christian Democrats, threatened to leave Berlusconi's ruling coalition. In years past, such nominations have always received a weary pass from Parliament. This time - perhaps because more than half the M.E.P.s were first elected in June - they didn't. Greek Socialist Stavros Lambrinidis, vice chairman of the Civil Liberties Committee, says that its vote against Buttiglione created a healthy dynamic. "All the committees started focusing on the quality of the other Commissioners," he says...
Heaney’s reliance on the most basic, visceral elements of the original Greek in his translation emphasizes the utterly human element of the drama. He underscores the rhythmic, oral quality that he prizes in his own work, and helps present unfettered what he calls the “fury of infinite feeling” of his characters...
...American League Championship Series to the Yankees, the Red Sox were supposed to crumble entirely. After beating the Yankees in seven games, some figured the Sox would falter to the St. Louis Cardinals as they did in 1967 and 1946. If the script had played out true to Greek Tragedy, the Cardinals would have come back from a three game deficit to win Game 7 in Fenway Park, doing unto Boston what Boston had done unto New York...
...memorial service, held on Oct. 23 at the Taxiarchae Greek Orthodox Church in Watertown, Mass., was filled with friends and family, said Trumpbour...