Word: mysticism
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...Louis Riel," by Chester Brown How does a history of a real 19th-century Quebecois rebel mystic become fun to read? When he is drawn with the clownish proportions of a tiny head and a giant's body. Chester Brown makes history his own by rewriting it just slightly, while annotating every altered detail, and presenting it all in his spare, almost goofy drawing style. When the series reaches its end in 2001, it will be collected. Now if only he would finish his version of the Gospels...
...just part of some self-cleansing ritual, and she says he practiced Christian Science, Scientology and homeopathy, which is fine with me as long as he doesn't try to get me involved. Also he abstained from sex with Margaret's mother because of the advice of some Indian mystic. And I think that's pretty good advice because being oversexed just makes someone into a jerk like my roommate Stradlater. Speaking of Stradlater, all these stories sounded so interesting so I told my roommate about them and all. And he just made me feel so stupid when he said...
...result, many types of shrimp fishing had been prohibited by 1970 because of the tendency of the shellfish to accumulate toxins. The harbor's famous lobster population was all but decimated. The Charles, Chelsea, Mystic, and Neponset River estuaries--the portions of the rivers where fresh and salt water converge--were also nearly devoid of the diverse wildlife that is typical of such areas...
Although Shoshan said "Widener has an amazing collection of Israeli election materials," he said he was most inspired to write his thesis when he stood in Israel at midnight, amidst a crowd that had gathered around a single mystic...
...text, though it generally seems like an ill-conceived improv sketch, does have it high points. Likewise, the cast bravely struggles against the banality of their lines, occasionally achieving something not totally unlike entertainment. Jared Greene '03 was delightfully serious as the misguided mystic, John, and James Crawford '03 nearly succeeded in ripping a character from the script's lifeless caricature, David. While they managed to salvage a performance from their script, others were simply overwhelmed. Caitlin Butler '03 (Tess) and Mia Lozada '03 (Malvolia) saw their talents go to waste, trapped within the confines of one-joke roles. Butler...