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...such 20th century liberal, Thomas Phillip (Tip) O'Neill, Cambridge's U.S. Representative, recently has emerged as a nationally prominent figure. While evading the nimbus of most national politicians, last month O'Neill captured the post of House majority leader without making any enemies along the way. His success is no mystery...
...While evading the nimbus of most national politicians, last month Tip O'Neill captured the post of House majority leader without making any enemies along the way. His success is no mystery...
...stripped of excuse and nimbus, a Past, subject to Judgement...
Just before Tender Is the Night was published in 1934, Scott Fitzgerald mused to his friend Gerald Murphy, who served as one of the models for Dick Diver: "It has magic. It has magic." It was indeed a seductive book, and a nimbus of equally powerful magic surrounded its author. Though Scott squandered his talent and Zelda went mad, legend still holds firmly that they were enchanted people somehow removed from the dailiness of life...
...Wanderjahrce through Germany, and he did not reach Colmar until 1492. When he got there, Schongauer was dead. His restless wanderings across Europe included two trips to Venice, and were capped by a yearlong sojourn in The Netherlands, where he was a celebrity among celebrities, moving in a nimbus of fame through a circle that included Erasmus himself. Later he commemorated his meeting with Erasmus by a portrait that was drawn, according to its inscription, "from the living figure." In fact it was done from Dürer's memory and another artist's portrait, and Erasmus thought it a poor...