Word: modernizations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...written one previous mystery (The Man Who Lost His Shadow), creates pungent characters and evokes subtle parallels between the superficially different Britains of father and son. The novel's special pleasure is its setting in the House of Lords, a political institution that has rarely been explored in modern fiction. Denham is in fact Lord Denham, a hereditary peer (one of his titles was created in 1660) and the Tory Whip. He writes with shrewd and skewering knowledge of the mores of his moss-bound haunts but loyally sees to it that Laborites come in for a full share...
...show ended with "Wuthering Heights" by KateBush, the song that inspired the project. "When Iheard the song," said Keshishian, "it just struckme--not to get too intellectual about the wholething--as really beautiful, and that there wassomething really cool about the fact that therewas this modern singer singing this song thatbrought to life the book...
...would seem unlikely that trivial questions such as these--at least they seem trivial within the realm of modern life--would be enough to sustain the film. But somehow, they do. Director James Ivory is so successful at creating the atmosphere of upper-class Victorian England that the viewer never challenges the mores of Edwardian society. A kiss, so commonplace today, is presented as the logical grounds upon which one should decide on one's life mate...
...American Society of Law and Medicine's symposium, entitled "AIDS: A Modern `Plague'?" will focus on the medical, legal and public policy issues surrounding the disease. Yesterday's events were televised and shown at 200 hospitals nationwide...
...things contributed to the general satisfaction: shrewd staging, superb timing, movements that were sophisticated for all their mock violence. The vividness of Championship Wrestling helps explain why the dance world is converging on Morris' doorstep. These works are not internalized essays in autobiography or homages to the modern dance canon. When he choreographs, Morris seems to have the audience in mind...