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Politzer spent 20 years with his study, and that was too long. But he is perceptive in ferreting out the "perplexing parables" of Kafka's style. Driven by visions of horror and forebodings of doom, Kafka's great obsession was man's alienation from himself, from other...
Excitement was missing, too, from the 18th century arias with which Miss Berganza opened her recital: she sang them very nicely indeed (except for a disastrous trill in Handel's Lascia ch'io pianga), but instead of the grand manner and absolute command of style so necessary for Alessandro Scarlatti...
The constitution does not allow reasons of state to influence our judgement. God forbid it should! We must not regard political consequences, however formidable they might be; if rebellion was the certain consequence, we are bound to say, Justitia fiat, ruat coelum-Let justice be done, though the heavens fall...
Below, spectators began gathering, like a Greek chorus, to watch the tragedy unfold. When the four men appeared to be moving too slowly to make the top, rescuers were alerted. Improvising as best they could, the rescuers began an ordeal as harrowing as that of the climbers. They struggled up...
The new harassment has braced officials at the base for a harder time. The tactics are obviously designed to choke off the base's local work force-and also halt the embarrassing trickle of post exchange food that Cuban workers have been able to carry home with them. People...