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...problem is, everyone believes in the text. Enshrining the words begs the far more important question: what do you do with them? The academic can ponder this without forcing the issue, but the director faces it each working day. If you search back in Brustein's writings to his earlier, theoretical broadsides like "No More Master-pieces," you'll find there an outspoken defense of the text against directorial depredations. Brustein argued that the text was the director's treasure house--by mastering it, he could find the appropriate way to direct a play, the right metaphors, emphases and designs...
...aftermath of Jimmy Carter's defeat, his pollster Patrick Caddell sat down to ponder the debacle with Ben Wattenberg of the American Enterprise Institute, and Richard Wirthlin, Ronald Reagan's public opinion expert...
...proliferation of new Bibles is a mixed blessing. The English-speaking world has lost a resounding common text that shored up faith and lived hi the memory of millions. The new texts, however, represent attempts to live with change and challenge readers to ponder anew the spirit and the message of Scripture. -By Richard N. Ostling...
...idea of a national literature, sought an American Milton enthusiastically while quietly harboring fears and doubts that America could produce one. The beauty of Delbanco's essay resides in its expansiveness: it opens outward from Channing's life to ask larger questions, and leaves the reader something to ponder. Comparing Channing to Henry Adams, the author illuminates a man who "asked the overwhelming question of his century and ours: whether the world is spinning into chaos, or, after a long penance, tapping the divine. That question, which now as then elicits all the varying strategies of self-defense--embarrassment, indifference...
That photo finish was not the only dramatic moment in a competition of many twists and triumphs. Handicappers looking to the 1984 Olympic Games could find much to ponder in the World Championships. Elaine Zayak, the 15-year-old American buzz saw who hurtles into triple jumps with wild abandon, served notice that she will soon be a major force in figure skating (see box), finishing second in the women's competition. A stylish Swiss, Denise Biellmann, 18, showed a few complicated moves of her own and took the gold. And once more, the Soviets proved that at least...