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Feathers or Lead? Himself steeped in Greek myth and history, Durrell is quick to relish the durable, often superstitious, links with the pagan past. In Rhodes, the peasants believe that a child conceived on March 25 must be born on Christmas Eve and will inevitably turn out to be a Kaous. A Kaous is an impish little devil, complete with horns, hoofs and pointed ears, descended from Pan. He circulates after dark, croaking, "Feathers or lead?" Either answer may be wrong, after which the Kaous mounts his victim like a horse for a breakneck ride across country, lashing...
Heerwego: It is going the way of all flesh. In a short time we tear it down--(with relish) SMASH! Like that...
...complain that the earth does not breed such men. But Author Lesley Blanch has discovered an episode-Russia's efforts to subdue the Caucasian mountain tribes during the first half of the 19th century -which abounds in authentic hell-and-crinoline raisers, and she describes it with enormous relish. Not much romanticizing is necessary; the source material is generally incandescent...
...Streetcar Named Desire may not be Tennessee Williams' most perverse play (Garden District concentrates on such themes as sadism and homosexuality with greater relish), but I find it his most disturbing and powerful one. It doesn't rely on gimmicks, SYMBOLS like venus flytraps and half eaten baby turtles for its impact, but rather on the conflict which causes the slow psychological disintegration of its heroine, Blanche DuBois. The tension is inherent in the play's dramatic situation, in the human relationships it explores, and that tension should rise slowly from the very first scene to the play's piercing...
...executives take work home with them more regularly-and attack it with greater relish-than William Beverly Murphy, 53, president, chief executive and final taste maker of Campbell Soup Co., the world's largest producer of canned and frozen soups. Every night Murphy has soup for dinner. It may be a new soup from Campbell's experimental kitchens, a staple variety whose quality Murphy wants to check on, or he may relax with his favorite-tomato soup mixed half-and-half with milk. Whatever it is, he knows what he likes and what the U.S. consumer likes. Last...