Word: metaphor
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CHINA watching is no longer a sport," observes Tokyo Correspondent S. Chang, "but a source of anxious anticipation. As mainland China sheds her veils of mystery one after another, she becomes increasingly bewitching." Another apt metaphor might compare China and its growing involvement in world affairs to a mosaic whose pieces are scattered round the globe. Examining last week's U.N. vote, its background and ramifications, is a mission for which TIME'S network of bureaus is particularly well suited. We assigned a score of correspondents to collect all the fragments so that Writer Tim James could assemble...
...family letters in lieu of what, if she were alive, would be her dreams and free associations. Dr. Cody is circumspect in his postulations; he comes to no conclusions without the corroboration of repetitive allusion in the poet's work, which he cites constantly. Frequency of allusion, symbol and metaphor is the key he uses to understand the dimensions of the problems in her psyche...
Honest men may differ as to just how dreadful, hopeful or insignificant the commercial Jesus fad is, including Jesus Christ Superstar as its centerpiece. Balanced against the enduring metaphor, the bitter and sweet mystery that the life of Christ embodies, Lloyd Webber and Rice's rock opera seems sad enough. It is depressing to imagine what certainly is the case, that too many Americans, whether religious or not, will know no more of the Gospels and the Passion than Superstar presents. Yet with all its sins of omission and commission, the production very well dramatizes one transcendental meaning...
Malcolm McDowell's excellent acting lends the proceedings a strong sense of reality that they hardly deserve. At the fadeout, mourning his lost love, McDowell is brought around to accepting life again by a couple of fellow patients who engage him in a game of Ping Pong. The metaphor is trite, mawkish, ultimately ludicrous-perfectly consonant in other words with the rest of the movie...
...nation's businessmen and bankers generally supported the President's actions. Said A.W. ("Tom") Clausen, president of the Bank of America: "We believe his program will begin to make possible an orderly transition out of the freeze." With liberal use of metaphor, Dow Chemical Chairman Carl Gerstacker responded in terms that Sports Fan Nixon understands best: "The President has hit another home run in the fight against inflation." Chrysler Corp. Chairman Lynn Townsend voiced the hope that the Price Commission will allow some increases on '72 models, which came out during the freeze. Said he: "We price only once...