Word: proustians
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...showtime - fighter jets are being moved to the Gulf, deployment orders issued, a military response starting to take shape. Some said the sight of Alan Greenspan and Robert Rubin shoulder-to-shoulder again and talking with congressional leaders about how to save the economy stirred a rush of Proustian memories of those golden, olden days of the late '90s, when bankers fought the wars and soldiers stayed home...
...Balanchine's Apollo, Twyla Tharp's Push Comes to Shove--performing them all with a casual virtuosity and unmannered grace worthy of Fred Astaire. On Oct. 26, Stiefel adds a new role to his repertoire: the male lead in Dim Lustre, Antony Tudor's rarely seen, piercingly Proustian tale of remembered love. It's part of A.B.T.'s New York City winter season (Oct. 23-Nov. 4), which also features the world premiere of Clear, the latest work by the much talked-about Australian choreographer Stanton Welch, and the company premiere of Balanchine's Symphony...
...croons, "Charades, pop skill/water hyacinth, named by a poet." On Chorus and the Ring, he sings, "It's the poison that in measures brings illuminating vision/It's the knowing with a wink that we expect in Southern women." His lyrics may appear random, but they can aim for Proustian resonance. A line on Imitation--"That's cinnamon that's Hollywood"--is meant to conjure memories of eating cinnamon toast in childhood and feelings of innocence lost...
...Proustian? The madeleine scene as adapted by Stéphane Heuet...
...Discovery Channel special, and the subject matter is suspiciously similar. When Holub dispenses unqualified environmental advice and chastises trendy scientific theorists, his otherwise sparkling essays acquire the atmosphere of soapbox sermons. The otherwise pedestrian chapter is punctuated by a few gems, such as "What the Nose Knows," a Proustian reverie on the atavistic power of scent, and the powerful "Shedding Life," which might have been titled "Killing a Muskrat" in homage to Orwell. The final section, "No," manages to redeem the second by drawing on his experiences in Czechoslovakia to further his political and scientific crusade...