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...proportions of blood derived from a handful of great horses of the late 19th century. What was more, Vuillier traced the pedigrees of 654 winners back through twelve generations and made the startling discovery that 770/4,096 of the blood of each horse came from an English stallion named Herod, in 1758. Vuillier then set about breeding horses to duplicate this precise percentage of Herod's blood, plus the proper proportions of blood from the 19th century progenitors. Although she was trained for a career as a concert pianist, Mme Vuillier absorbed the theory well that...
...histrionics that he, a critic in the stalls, found overdone were necessary if those seated with the gods were to see anything of interest. Subtle gestures just don't work: rather, a subtle gesture for Row B is invisible in Row JJ, subtle gesturing for JJ is out-heroding Herod...
...people, including President Tubman's daughter, made "decisions for Christ." Billy won his hearers' hearts when he reminded them, as he will remind all Africa, that Christ was neither white nor black, and that it was in Africa that the infant Jesus found refuge from Herod. And he gave Liberia a new catch phrase with his description of "Mr. Two-Dollars walking down the street" to illustrate how small is the value of a man when measured in terms of the raw materials that make up his body...
...fictionalized history, resplendently costumed, sexed up, and heavily flavored with religion. There are sumptuous orgies in palaces that look like the new banks of Beverly Hills; John the Baptist is beheaded in 70-mm. Panavision, color and stereophonic sound; and "the temptress" (Martha Hyer) moves about murmuring to Herod Antipas, "You thrill my inmost being." There is also the Sermon on the Mount, delivered by an offstage voice in soft-sell tones. There are stabbings, hurricanes, ambushes, chases, the miracles of Christ, racial conflict between Arabs and Jews, one case of polio and a death by charcoal burner...
This was the place where Abraham offered up his son Isaac as sacrifice, and was restrained by an angel of the Lord. Solomon is said to have used the rock as the foundation of his temple. Herod built there the temple from which Jesus drove the money-changers. Mohammed rested by the rock after his night flight from Mecca...