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These near-mannerisms are gambles that Pasolini wins, elements of style he succeeds in establishing. Still, the film is rough-hewn, no work of perfectionism. Other gambles he loses...
Here, rather than in China, Buddha grew to his tallest: a 175-ft.-high statue hewn from a sandstone cliff in the Afghan valley of Bamian-a display of gigantism inherited more from the colossal marble Caesars of Rome than from the subtler Orient. It was also in this Eurasian melting pot that Buddha acquired his characteristic togalike robe, borrowed from Rome. Likewise Hercules (opposite) holds the hero's traditional club, but his head is crowned with Serapis' sacred basket of mysteries, symbolizing the Nile's fertility...
During the Korean War deferments were based on either students' rank in their class or their score on, a special attitude test administered by the Selective Service without regard to their field of study. In an interview yesterday, Monro said the tests "were a rough-hewn way of doing it, but they worked pretty well. The public accepted and understood them during the Korean...
...hewn from her illustrious shank, was analogous to acne painted like dimples...
Robert W. White '25, professor of Clinical Psychology, has entered the motor-powered class with two hand-hewn shingle boats. Opposing him will be an entry from William R. Ridington Jr., graduate student in anthropology. His craft is a modified cigar-box powered by an electric outboard moter. Optimistic about his chances, Ridington is making last-minute alterations in the craft's guidance system to correct its tendency to cruise in tight circles...