Word: lantern
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Tintin for who he is. Perhaps the enduring appeal of Tintin lies not only in the richness of his adventures, but in his psyche as well. Behind every hidden plan or smuggler's lair lurks a deeper secret, the secret of the self and its composition. Tintin holds the lantern out to us, and so we follow...
Kosovo began glowing on the radar screen of Clinton's foreign policy at the start of 1998. The province has a complicated genealogy: it is populated mostly by Albanians, but for 600 years it has been a lantern of Serbian passion. Serbs venerate the land because it is home to several important monasteries, and in 1389 their ancestors lost a decisive battle with the Ottoman Empire there, setting off 500 years of Turkish rule. The day of the battle is a national holiday--something that last week caused observers to note that understanding the Serb outlook meant understanding a country...
Nevertheless, BSO's Madame Butterfly wasstill, on the whole, an enjoyable experience. Theset was exquisite, not overly modern oravant-garde, and accentuated with beautifulOriental designs illuminated on a backdrop oftextured, creamcolored lantern paper. The star ofthe show was invaribly Sharpless (Lucio Gallo),who stole the stage every time he was on it. ButDelligatti's convincing metamorphosis of Butterflyin Act II has to be equally lauded. It was such apleasure to see this opera emphasize Butterfly'scharacter rather than attempt toprovide arationalization for the character flaws of bothPinkerton and Butterfly and inevitably, makingMadame Butterfly a far less compellingstory of human nature
...highway and facing a creek that runs below a bridge, is an abandoned house that was not quite lost to a fire. No one has bothered to knock it down or rebuild it. Its windows are shuttered with gray planks of wood, shingles are missing like jack-o'-lantern teeth, and its beams are scorched. It would be perfect as a haunted house for the local kids this Halloween, if any kid would care to go near it. But the house looks too forlorn for games and too forbidding. I don't even know if I should discuss...
Check it out! Man walks down that street so fine. Strides easy. Long, looking right. Left then. Then ahead, then left...snap!...again, follows that little sister in the tight pants a ways, then back on the beam. Arms arc. Could be some old trainman, swinging an imaginary lantern in the night. Smiling. Stepping so smart. Rolls, almost. Swings his butt like he's shifting gears in a swivel chair. Weight stays, sways, in his hips. Shoulders, straight, shift with the strut. High and light. Street's all his, past doubt. And more, if he wants. Could be he might...