Word: lilith
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...late- night tryst). Yes, the end of any world, even this desiccated one, can be both spooky and funny. And so is Alexander's unshakable belief, stoked by Otto, that the fate of the planet depends on his "lying with" the ethereal Maria. Is she Eve or Lilith, Mary or Mary Magdalene? Or just a maid who understands that even a dotty master deserves the rite-of-last-night? Like any man trying to take any woman to bed, Alexander offers her a two-faced come-on: If we make love we can create a new world...
...Boston, last week suggested Percival. She rejected Lowell as being fixed to too many notable institutions-the Lowell Observatory, the Lowell Institute, the City of Lowell, etc. etc. Harlow Shapley, director of the Harvard Observatory, suggested Cronos, son of Uranus and father of Zeus. Astrologers recommended variously Isis, Vulcan, Lilith. Choice lies with the Lowell Observatory...