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Particularly potent was the newly-formed second line of sophomore Charlie Johnson, junior Tom Cavanagh and senior Tim Pettit. Johnson scored two goals, set up by Pettit (two assists) and Cavanagh (one assist...
...Because London’s face is scarred and bruised these days, we need more than ever to see beautiful things…Music lovers are not denied their Beethoven, but picture lovers are denied their Rembrandts just at a time when such beauty is most potent for good. I know the risk, but I believe it would be worth it.” Soon the trustees agreed, and brought out Titian’s Noli Me Tangere, rushing it downstairs for each bomb alert...
Nevertheless, Gibson eventually succeeds in overwhelming his audience with the kind of potent visual poignancy unseen in his previous directorial work. In one remarkable shot, the camera takes an overhead God’s-eye view of the crucifixion site, underpinning the magnitude of the event by exhibiting the individuals’ relative irrelevance. Furthermore, every aspect of the persecution becomes a multi-sensory experience, as each lashing is accompanied by a vivid shower of crimson and unnerving sound effects. At one point, a Roman soldier flagellates Christ with a whip of broken metal tips, the shards embedded and then...
Bartley’s frappes are potent comfort food. Served up by the happy, grandmotherly figure of Joan Bartley, they are delicious concoctions of milk, cookies or candy, soft serve ice cream and syrup. The frappes have gained nationwide attention in addition to a loyal local following. Just last week, Bartley said, her “legendary” products attracted Adam Sandler, Jesse Ventura and oodles of tourists...
...skewed rewards of the tax cuts, and they are right to do so. But over-reliance on framing the issue in terms of winners and losers or the “two Americas” (real though those divisions are) exposes the Democrats to the bogus but potent charge of class warfare. “Strengthening democracy” would be a much more unifying aspiration...