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Also present, of course, is "Asterix," the second staunch pillar of French comics. The comic, a series of hilarious chronicles by Rene Goscinny and Albert Underzo, document the adventures of a village of plucky Gauls in an ancient France almost completely dominated by the Romans. Asterix's adventures have appeared as countless films and cartoons in French television and theaters, been translated into dozens of languages worldwide (including Latin) and garnered the indomitable warrior his own theme park, just a little north of Paris. (To gauge the difference in the cultural influence of comics in France and in America, consider...
Beckmann's exile seems prefigured in the first of his triptychs, Departure, 1932-33. Its left and right panels contain scenes of horror, torment and dislocation: a man with amputated hands tied to a pillar, a woman in bondage about to be axed by a headsman, another woman with a lamp (perhaps a muse or a guide) to whom the upside-down corpse of her partner is bound. One cannot decode these too literally, but they presumably represent the chaos overtaking Beckmann's homeland. The center panel portrays the artist's dream of escape. The blue horizon (the color...
...President appointed Berry special assistant for agricultural trade and food assistance, and Berry may be counting on that coattail to win a district that gave Clinton 69% of its vote in 1992. He has made Medicare a pillar of his campaign, attacking his opponent strongly and saying a raise in premiums would force Arkansans to choose between food and medicine. He would hold off on tax cuts until the budget is balanced, but supports a college-tuition tax credit of $1,500 a year...
Senior co-captain Tal Ben-Shachar, who is also a Crimson editor, said, "Ezra is a pillar on the team. Without him the team is more vulnerable, which puts more pressure on individual players...
...sort of mecca for the world's 340 million Bhuddists. After carefully studying the chambers discovered 9 months ago, a multinational team of archaeologists has announced that the rooms prove that ancient inscriptions claiming the site is Buddha's birthplace are true. The inscriptions were found on a pillar at the ancient Maya Devi temple erected by Ashoka, an Indian king who converted to Buddhism and spread the religion to East Asian nations more than two thousand years ago. Japanese Bhuddists have already announced plans for a new temple in Lumbini, and Nepal plans to turn the town into...