Word: possessor
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...twin brothers. Mandala does that brilliantly -the same events being seen in succession through the eyes of Waldo and Arthur. This literary flourish, however, is intended to reveal magical happenings and the workings of myth. But which myth? White may have drawn upon Australian aboriginal legend, which invests the possessor of rock crystals with divine power. Waldo and Arthur may also be seen as living out some version of the Greek myth of Tiresias. White finally is content with nothing less than to present some enactment of the central mysteries of Christianity. Arthur is "hermaphroditic Adam," father-and mother...
...dawn, the borrowed bride seems agreeable enough when her master, defying the laws of God and man, declares himself sole possessor of his prize. Though their tepid passion would scarcely justify a stern frown, it somehow brings on rebellion, invasion, indeed an all-hands orgy of picturesque violence. Enemy hordes besiege the tower, piling up in the moat while oil and dissension boil within. "Is this what we get for loving?" asks the fair captive...
...Accra as a headquarters for plots against them. But when, at the last minute, he desperately rounded up all the exiles he could find, they still refused to come. Their real goal all along had been to cut Kwame Nkrumah, Father of Pan-Africanism, promoter of subversion, and proud possessor of the continent's largest ego, down to his normal 5-ft. 7-in. size...
...were not tearing the cover off the ball either. Into the tenth inning the game went, with the score tied 0-0. Maloney retired the Mets in order, striking out two more. Again Cincinnati failed to score. Then it was the eleventh, and up came Met Outfielder Johnny Lewis, possessor of a .245 average. The count went to two-and-one before Maloney made his only mistake of the night: a waist-high fastball, straight down the pipe. Bang! Home run. Final score: Mets 1, Reds...
...with Lot 77, the debut on the block of that late, great Sunday painter Sir Winston Churchill. The painting, a pleasant 1938 canal scene that had been owned by Churchill's former son-in-law, British Comedian Vic Oliver, bravely bubbled up to $26,000. Its new proud possessor is Joyce Hall of Hallmark greeting cards, who intends to exhibit the oil at the New York World Fair...