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...greatest Irish poet since Yeats.” Heaney says the visionary author was himself a necessary informant of his writing. “Yeats is like a mountain range, lying on the horizon. He can’t be emulated; you just walk around under the shade,” he says. Yet in his own work, Heaney has helped bring a good deal of illumination to that immense shadow...
Game 5 lasted 14 innings, saw 471 pitches, and went nearly six hours, making it the longest playoff game by time ever. Add to that Game 4, which took 11 innings and a shade over five hours, and almost 11 out of 24 hours were spent playing baseball...
...palette that's commercially viable over the next two years, so that firms like Benjamin Moore paint, Ralph Lauren and Ford can be on the same proverbial swatch. The idea is that with a little guidance, a business can avoid getting stuck on the markdown rack with the wrong shade of teal...
Determining the right shade of teal is ultimately not that mysterious a process. "We usually look at fashion first," says Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute. "But color comes from all sorts of influences. For kids' products we often look at upcoming films. Last year, for example, Finding Nemo and Shrek were very influential." (A boon for turquoise and monster green.) "Color is always out there," says Eiseman. "We just have to determine where it's coming from at any given time...
...computer. And a new pink plastic computer cover to go with it. Then there was the futon, and the mini-fridge. And of course the brand-new color-coordinated bedding ensemble--pink sheets, pink pillows, pink comforter--which matched the pink shag rug and halogen lamp with the pink shade. The storage crates were solid pink; the trash can was decorated with hearts colored--you guessed it--pink. And who could forget the tiki lights every frosh needs? Not Monson. She remembered to pack those too. All told, the 18-year-old figures she spent about $3,000--half...