Word: khans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...adventure of exploring his own senses and extends his discoveries with the use of sex and drugs. As in his politics, he is searching for a shortcut to euphoria, to a mystical oneness with-not God perhaps, but something quite approximate. Samuel Taylor Coleridge composed his ecstatic poem Kubla Khan under the influence of opium. The rock romantics of the Dylan generation prefer...
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan, Pakistan's President pro tempore and army commander, is a rather reluctant strongman. Last March Yahya imposed martial law and took over the presidency in the wake of nationwide rioting prompted by the autocratic rule of Ayub Khan. At the time, Yahya promised a swift return to democracy. Two weeks ago, in a broadcast to his 130 million fellow citizens, he kept his word. Promising -indeed, practically commanding-an orderly march back to civilian rule, he said: "I am not prepared to tolerate any obstruction in the restoration of democracy." Last week Yahya explained...
...integrated in the second dance, "Pavilion," are much more complex. The music is partly electronic, partly live percussion. The visual design includes slides as well as light changes, and the dance is done by the whole company. Most important, a thematic element is introduced: Coleridge's "Kubla Khan" is the inspiration of the piece. Some technical mishaps didn't make the task of uniting these elements any easier, and at times the production seemed ragged. But overall "Pavilion" is the most exciting and original dance in Winter. and contains its most brilliant sequences...
...LAST EPISODE in "Pavilion" is perhaps best left as a surprise: it's the perfect end of a moving creation. Lindsay Crouse has said that she wanted "Pavilion" to "embody the visions Coleridge might have had before he actually wrote "Kubla Khan and was limited by words." When the lights dim, we feel that she and her company have succeeded...
Died. Iskander Mirza, 70, Pakistan's first President, whose troubled two years in office were marked by corruption, famine and near bankruptcy and ended with a military coup by General Mohammed Ayub Khan in 1958; of a heart attack; in London...