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...Beckett's work. Plato's cave is recalled by the rumor continually circulating in the cylinder that there is a way out, either through a tunnel in the wall or through a trap door in the unreachable ceiling, and by the memory that once man had seen stars shine. But the Inferno in the closet thing to a predecessor ones wander endlessly in a circle, pausing only to climb one of the ladders leading to niches high in the walls, or to join the numbers of the "non-searchers," the "sedentary," or the "vanquished." These are slumped against the walls...

Author: By Phil Patton, | Title: 'If This Notion Is Maintained' | 11/15/1972 | See Source »

...block. "You saw how it was," he says to his mistress, a nymph. "The kids were grown and restless; Andromeda and I had become different people; our marriage was on the rocks. The kingdom took care of itself; my fame was sure enough-but I'd lost my shine with golden locks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Scheherazade & Friend | 10/2/1972 | See Source »

Communist critics have accused August 1914 of glorifying German military might. In fact, its pages shine with the author's loving awareness of the Russian capacity to endure, and the "inexhaustible spiritual strength that lay hidden under these soldiers' tunics." Throughout the book he carries on a kind of running discourse about history, asserting-in contrast to Tolstoy -that though men do not know the purpose of life, individual acts of common sense, honesty and courage may change the course of history. Out of the dark past, in the terrain around Tannenberg, he produces examples...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Witness to Yesterday | 9/25/1972 | See Source »

...Hugh They train all year at the spring races, regardless of the rather. Rain or shine, hot or cold you see them out there...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Jock Talk: What's Ahead, John Harvard? | 9/18/1972 | See Source »

...grow up decent, our children need new clothing to present themself in school in proper neat!! The sun have to shine for our children too. Amen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Black English | 8/7/1972 | See Source »

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