Word: halos
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Within this world of veiled desire, the movie focuses on the tense relationship between the central character, Father Peter Lavin (Henry Czerny), who runs the orphanage and Kevin (Johnny Morina), a 10-year old boy surrounded by a halo of pure innocence. Lavin is a tyrant of the priesthood--in his black robe, he is a model of pathology and pure evil. Czerny's performance in the role is nothing less than stellar--as his steely eyes glitter, he brings to light both the calculated ruthlessness as well as the moments of ferocious anger in this complex character. Silent...
...stunning question that may never be answered: Was Shoemaker-Levy 9 really a comet, or was it an asteroid instead? Comets tend to be a mixture of ice, rock and dust, along with substances, like carbon monoxide, that evaporate easily to form a halo and a tail. Scientists studying the chemical composition of the spots on Jupiter where S-L 9 hit thought they might see evidence of water and oxygen, two of the expected products when an icy comet vaporizes. But except for one unconfirmed report,researchers have found only ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and sulfur...
Asteroids are rockier than comets. Yet it is possible for an asteroid to have a halo or a tail, made mostly of dust. Says Hal Weaver of the Space Telescope Institute: "The only real evidence that ((S-L 9 was)) a comet is that it broke apart, and we've never seen that in an asteroid. But maybe this was a fragile asteroid...
...doesn't think of it in elitist terms," she says. "Although I guess you do carry around this little halo wherever...
Both before and after this revolution,remarkable teachers shared their passionateenthusiasms with us. In philosophy, Rafael Demos,with his halo of white hair, seemed to beSocrates. The noted psychologist Henry AlexanderMurray spoke more (to my relief) of people than ofrats...