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Their names teem with a sort of secret Shakespearean life. I browse through field guides to wildflowers and weeds, and when I read them, I feel as if I have rediscovered a rich, hidden vein of the English language-a parallel universe populated by such vivid protagonists as Carrion Flower...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Considering the Lillies (and Other Flowers) of the Field | 7/2/2001 | See Source »

Rochberg has done his best to flesh out the unpromising material. The opera, his first, is filled with striking set pieces: a lyrical duet for China (Tenor Neil Rosenshein) and his wife Annabella (Soprano Sunny Joy Langton); an ominous interview between China and his moneyed friend Orchis (Tenor Michael Fiacco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: In Santa Fe, a Worthy Failure | 8/16/1982 | See Source »

The composer has also indulged in one inside joke. As China is debating whether to accept Orchis' loan, the Angel of Bright Future appears to him in a dream, encouraging him to take the money in a siren song of harsh modernity that reaches back stylistically to Rochberg'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: In Santa Fe, a Worthy Failure | 8/16/1982 | See Source »

The results were astonishing to both readers and editors. Every page was laid out in punchy, advertising style. Each issue bloomed with color printing. Weird symbols of internal organs caught the eye. Among the standing features: "Tumor Topics" and "Cancer Quiz." The Bulletin could say anything with enthusiasm. Inch-high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Doctors, Attention! | 9/12/1949 | See Source »

Most important of musky-smelling ani. mals is the musk deer. The secretion from a small sac found in the male causes the pungent odor, is used in many perfumes. "Musk" was originally the name of musk deer perfume, later was transferred to all animals and plants which had a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Musky Immigrants | 9/29/1930 | See Source »

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