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...disappeared from sight. (Aristotle suggested that they were fiery "exhalations" in the atmosphere.) Whenever a comet appeared, it was taken as a sign from heaven of impending calamity: a flood, an outbreak of disease or even the fall of a king or empire. Plutarch wrote that a brilliant comet shone for seven nights in the sky over Rome after the assassination of Julius Caesar. In Shakespeare's dramatization of that event, Caesar's wife echoes the same theme: "When beggars die, there are no comets seen. The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes...
...Angelo of Philip Kerr, who was graduated from Harvard a decade ago and who shone so splendidly in the Roman plays here last summer, is the most memorable feature of this Measure for Measure. Kerr is visually arresting--garbed in black, craggy of mien, and as completely bald as Sibelius. He provides a remarkable portrait of a strict-constructionist (who loves to carry a lawbook in his hand), of a principled man rather surprised at his own slide into treachery. In view of the play's "happy" ending. Kerr quite rightly makes Angelo not an arch-villain but a probably...
Haig never aspired to be an innovator in diplomatic affairs, but shone as the organizer and expediter, with a loudly expressed detestation of "gimmickry." As a substitute for Kissinger in briefing the President, Haig came to know Nixon well. During the last dry run for Nixon's journey to Peking, Haig served as advance man, inspecting each place the President would visit in China. He has also made twelve trips to Southeast Asia for the White House...
...Crimson track team braved wind and rain at the Penn Relays Saturday to record a few performances that shone through in the gray...
...always forgot what time of the day it was. In fact, what time of the day it might possibly be, whenever the summer warmth magically changed, into this special sort of rain. Oh; and if the sun shone down just this way, not sparkling in that fertile vernal brightness, but muted, and almost invisible. The sun singing this gentle and soft gray song, like drumsticks covered with cotton, or felt; beating very softly on a loosened skin...