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The final scene is tantalizingly ambiguous, either a miraculous resurrection or nothing more than 15 years of hiding. John Kuntz—formerly Autolycus—presides over the concluding action as the oracle of Apollo, becoming both a petty thief and a vehicle of divine truth. In â?...
(4 of 15) long and passionately as an idea before descending to hard history. When Elie Wiesel's mind drifts to the Holy Land, his expressive face grows radiant. ''We live in biblical times,'' says Wiesel. ''Think of all that has been accomplished in 40 years.'' A national home for...
As information emerges it seems more and more likely that the enemy in the orchards outside Najaf was a cult-like offshoot of Shi'a Islam - men and women who believed the violence in Iraq was not just cataclysmic but apocalyptic. Iraqi officials say they rallied around a man who...
In 1966 a southeast gale and an undersea earthquake sent the sea flooding through Venice. Four feet of water overflowed the Piazza San Marco. Yet according to Peter Lauritzen in Venice Preserved (Adler & Adler; 176 pages; $29.95), the deluge bore good fortune. It helped to jolt the world into rescuing...
He had that dessert yesterday. The man who had feigned heart attacks countless times on stage died of congestive heart failure, with no resurrection in sight. But the lurid showmanship he brought to pop culture will never die. His last words, apparently, were ?I?m going away tonight.? Considering his...