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...myths, not facts, give us the passion and the will to be heroes. The passion of discovery shows most readily with the most exotic and most romantic figures, and passages about them are the most interesting in the book Ferdinand Magellan, who "with five barely seaworthy ships would face rougher seas, negotiate more treacherous passages, and find his way across a broader ocean" than any previous explorer, when he sought to circle the globe; Captain James Cook, first to sail to Antarctica, "a frigid continent girded by icebergs, some the size of mountains, others smaller,...all tossed and churned...
...composer Georges Delerue is bold by any standard. Anyone who writes lyrics that sound like the poet Ted Hughes on sabbatical in the Brill Building rates a very close listen indeed. Simon's musical agility and lyrical literacy may seem suspect to an audience that wants its rock rougher. He irrefutably proves that hard edges run a poor second to deep thought. Hearts and Bones explores the gap between thought and feeling. Think Too Much is a classic statement of the quandary ("Have you ever experienced a period of grace/ When your brain just takes a seat behind your...
...peaks, the obstacles were many. The man-made ones, like environmental protests, public hearings and government permits, were conquered. Nature, however, did not seem to share the artist's vision. As the project got under way, 15-knot winds and choppy waters slowed things up considerably. But the rougher the weather got, the more determined became the artist, finally finishing after three days. "It's exhilarating," Christo said to reporters. "You're confronted with the natural elements, human relations and communications. I told my workers they should have more imagination. If they have a problem, they should...
...black presence, whose talent may be intimidating but whose style is unthreatening. Ralph Sampson, the University of Virginia's 7-ft. 4-in. senior center, is more docile and less abused. In fact, fans are given to wondering how much better Sampson would be if he had a rougher temperament. Ewing plays angry. "The way Ewing plays," says Thompson, "he doesn't ask questions, he makes statements...
...engineering schools to endure the blistering rigors of basic classes in calculus, physics, chemistry and the advanced courses that follow. That road, which leads to such sets of postsurname initials as B.S.E.E. (bachelor of science in electrical engineering) and B.S.M.E. (bachelor of science in mechanical engineering), is academically rougher by most accounts than almost anything else offered in the U.S. educational establishment...