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A forest maiden of Indian legend had tiny faun feet that left footprints in the form of lotus blossoms. A 10th century emperor of China, delighted by the tale, commanded one of his concubines to bind her feet in a faunlike configuration and dance among the petals of a giant...
The amateur casting works in general. We avoid the disruptive inongruities we'd get if we recognized, say, Mastroianni as Christ, or Gassman as John the Baptist. Still, one's preconceptions about these familiar characters persist, and mine labelled miscast the Angel of the Lord, Salome, the old Mary, and...
"Kiss of Judas." The U.S. has been trying for several years to open new channels into China-by approving trips there for journalists in 1957 and more recently by granting travel permits to doctors, scientists and scholars. The Communists have invariably rebuffed such overtures. Since December the Ad ministration has...
No academic or diplomatic expert considers that a less inimical U.S. approach will be reciprocated for years to come. What the nation can expect instead was foreshadowed last week after Humphrey declared that the U.S. should "take every opportunity to show our friendship for the Chinese." Inoffensive as it was...
Something in all living things responds mysteriously to the sound of wind in the reeds. At the gentle pleasing of a flute, certain crabs glide out of their caves and sit listening under water. Mosquitoes of some breeds collect on people playing flutes. Lions fly into panic, dogs sink into...