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...founded. Everyone can see that it's ugly. Some people have found that it smells bad. At 10 minutes past the hour, the impossibility of running in a straight line over it to Sever Hall is cursed by all and sundry. But now the inner as well as the outer blemishes on our lawns can be shown. Now the grass can be understood. We may still sigh in resignation when we see it, but now, at least, we can sigh more deeply...
...world, which like the greater world, having grown from a simple beginning, has evolved into some wonderful forms. The garden is both terrestrial and a dreamscape, a deliberate arrangement of living things that makes one forget about time and engages all the senses without demanding logic. It is the outer life meant to reverberate in the inner life, which is what it evidently does for Raven...
Ultimately, it is the six actors that keep The Harmonistsfrom being cast into the outer darkness as just another feel-good movie. The role of Harry is rescued from being a quirky-but-lovable caricature by Ulrich Noethen's sensitivity and well-timed moments of seriousness. The initial reticent demeanor of Robert (Ben Becker), the stout blond baritone, belies his generous spirit. Even Bootz, the surly anti-Semitic pianist, is ambiguous; his character demands to be examined before he can be classified as a villain...
...Austrian-American physicist Victor Hess detects radiation coming from outer space; it is later dubbed cosmic rays...
...ever hit as many home runs. Focus instead on those three large numerals inscribed on the left-center-field wall in Yankee Stadium when DiMaggio played there--4 5 7--denoting the preposterous footage from home plate to the seats. For a right-handed power hitter, it marked the outer limits of a place where potential homers went to die. No right-handed Yankee hit nearly as many home runs as DiMaggio until the fences were moved in, years after he retired. Had he hit as many at home as he did on the road, he would...