Word: magical
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Borges magic. If you'd been to the first Charles Eliot Norton lecture, you were under the spell again in four seconds. If the second lecture was your first, it took a minute longer...
...Fuku Akino (Walker; $3.50). Another old Japanese fable, handsomely illustrated. The hero is no bigger than a man's thumb and is resigned to life as a paperweight for a beautiful princess. But then he slays a dreadful demon, and guess what his reward is? A wish on a magic mallet transforms him into a full-size man and he marries the princess to live happily ever after...
...opera's few moments of overt action all the more effective. As Hero Siegmund and Villain Hunding waged their battle at the end of Act II, a single, blinding white beam split the backdrop, silhouetting the struggle in all its throat-catching violence. When Wotan summoned the magic fire at the finale, the blackness was pierced by a single red spot, transforming Wotan's spear into a tongue of flame; in the inexplicit staging, these moments stood out in a relief that old-fashioned literalness could never achieve. The orchestra, which Von Karajan subdued to the point...
...magic. Nickle hot dogs and free beer, the soft midsummer night air, and trees enchanted in the hazy light. Men stroll with their wives on the Mall; lovers lie quietly in the grass; kids running twisting in the crowd; the band plays a slow waltz of the 1890's. On a warm June night 50,000 New Yorkers gather in Central Park to celebrate the good old summertime. "Look at all those people," says the Commissioner. "Isn't it exciting...
...madness, the excitement, the hope, the magic, and the toughness are all part world of the New York City Department of Parks. Three years ago Central Park at night was a sombre, haunting place; Morningside Park, which borders on Central Harlem, was called the most dangerous park in the country...