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...WORLD OF Robertson Davies is akin to a Gothic Cathedral. Amid gargoyles, demons, angels, saints, monkish chants, exotic beasts, and arcane spells, Davies weaves his enchantments. With the Depford Trilogy under his belt and, more recently, The Rebel Angels to his credit, Davies has established himself not only as a major force in Canadian literature but as a truly talented if slightly cultish figure on the international literary scene...
...Everybody's there," adds Peter A. Robertson...
UMass drew first blood with eight minutes gone in the game when Amy Robertson intercepted a Katsias clearing pass and deposited the ball in the left corner of the goal...
...Robertson and Silvashko were among the participants in the Torgau celebration last week. Altogether, 60 Americans from the 69th Infantry Division Association, with a sprinkling of other former U.S. soldiers, greeted 25 Soviet veterans. There were hugs and reminiscences in halting English, Russian and German and, as at the original meeting, in sign language. Souvenir dollars were exchanged for souvenir rubles as they had been in April 1945, and toasts were offered at a lunch in Torgau's District Culture House. Though the spirit of wartime friendship was briefly recaptured, present reality intruded. The U.S. Government boycotted the event...
...small riverfront park, the veterans laid wreaths at a gray stone monument that recalls the 1945 encounter in Cyrillic lettering. Robertson, now 61 and a neurosurgeon in Los Angeles, and Silvashko, also 61, and a secondary school headmaster in Minsk, re-enacted their 1945 embrace. Said Silvashko: "I have a peaceful profession now, and so does...