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King Richard III represents what is perhaps the most ambitious character in a Shakespearean pantheon full of ambitious characters. Whereas a single murder or two is enough to guarantee the average character's downfall, or at the very least set events in motion for the tragic ending, as in Julius Caesar or Macbeth, Richard orders the death of his brother, young nephews, wife, Prince Edward, Henry VI, Rivers, Grey, Vaughan, Hastings and Buckingham. It is difficult to attempt to analyze his character psychologically because he seems so far removed from sanity, so possessed in the throes of total ambition...
...book reflected years of personal study and policymaking. Larded with stirring phrases--"We must make the rescue of the environment the central organizing principle for civilization"--and bold prescriptions, like eliminating the internal-combustion engine in 25 years, Earth in the Balance secured Gore's place in the environmentalists' pantheon as America's greenest national politician...
There are no neutrals in the Freud wars. Admiration, even downright adulation, on one side; skepticism, even downright disdain, on the other. This is not hyperbole. A psychoanalyst who is currently trying to enshrine Freud in the pantheon of cultural heroes must contend with a relentless critic who devotes his days to exposing Freud as a charlatan. But on one thing the contending parties agree: for good or ill, Sigmund Freud, more than any other explorer of the psyche, has shaped the mind of the 20th century. The very fierceness and persistence of his detractors are a wry tribute...
Whether they were navigating rain-forests in Australia or winding their way down 17th century staircases at Pantheon Sorbonne in Paris, all of the students who studied abroad were affected by their exposure to a very different kind of academic environment...
...Amidst a pantheon of great saves, one of his finest came in the first game while killing a late RPI power play...