Word: iii
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Like Mrs. Rosekrans, Mrs. Christian de Guigne III cites World War II as the only period in her life when things were any less elegant than today. Certain facets, in fact, have not changed a whit: her servants have been with her for close to 25 years; her San Mateo home is the one she moved into as a bride; the French chateau the family visit every year has been theirs for a century. Mrs. de Guigne shops both here and abroad, finds European stores "more fun" but "has a ball" Christmas shopping in Macy's. Dior, Balenciaga...
...III returns to the present and a Bitos, fuddled with drink, being prepared for one last humiliation. A woman who has refused Bitos' offer of marriage pities him enough to warn him to leave the house before the final indignity. Without a word of gratitude, Bitos turns on his heel with graceless implacability ("If I can ever get my own back on you all one day, you are the one I shall begin with"). This is Anouilh at his most psychologically astute, recognizing that a man may endure all sorts of barbs aimed at his social class or ideological...
...storms into his. After that, they fight, kiss, fight, split up, fight, make up, and fight. The stage, like the plot, might seem bare except that each lover introduces the other to a secret love. He is seduced by his body, she is ravished by her mind. Act III is devoted to a hilarious suicide pact in which despair gets bogged down in logistics...
...tell, they are not Allen Ginsberg. Well, possibly the last, in part, for Allen apparently feels twice as large because he may and does experience consumate love with both men and women. (Redemption through friendship in a world of enemies is what he hinted at in Howl III...
...Executive Committee declared yesterday that while "aware of the need for permanent facilities for Dudley House, the Council is committed to the goal of a student center, which would best be located in Lehman." William J. Billick III '65, a Council representative from Leverett House, has been delegated to confer with the University on its plans for the building...