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...profound transformation of the being." It doesn't. For one thing, Actress Marchand's face is no more capable of transformation than a kewpie doll's. For another, Director Varda suddenly twists the heroine's harm into a happy ending which sentimentally suggests that every shroud has a silver lining...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Femmes Fatales | 9/14/1962 | See Source »

...Lehmann and Mike Horn both in four "B" division races, but were hampered by the erratic winds. In the third race, a gust of wind caught Horn's boat, causing the starboard shroud to let go and forcing the mast off to leeward. Horn had managed a fine start and was leading the fleet, but the point system gave him only a fourth place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Sailors Qualify For Tournament Finals | 5/2/1962 | See Source »

...that distant giant Jupiter (1,312 times larger than earth). Jupiter drifts in a suffocating yellow cloud of ammonia and methane, 483 million miles from the sun, and scientists have reached the conclusion that the temperature of its cloud layer is a deathly cold -207° F. Its shroud is believed by some to conceal an ice layer 17,000 miles thick. But last week, writing in Radiation Research Magazine, a University of California astronomer raised the possibility that Jupiter's cloud cover may conceal-and even nourish-rude forms of life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Life on Jupiter? | 8/25/1961 | See Source »

...system in his Twelfth Night and has, for a change, approached Antony--given its cast--with a welcome sense of responsibility. Enormously aided by Tharon Musser's lighting, by Rouben Ter-Arutunian's basic but effective settings and stunning costumes (which range from a black-and-gold tent-like shroud in which Cleopatra commits suicide to the sketchiest of breechclouts worn by her Egyptian slaves), and by an extraordinarily precise crew of stagehands, Landau has achieved a visual treat that moves smoothly and employs the possibilities of the Festival's stage with impressive virtuosity. And he is not afraid...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Antony and Cleopatra | 8/4/1960 | See Source »

...spread the poison through his body. If the victim vomits the poison and does not die. he is declared innocent of the charges; if not, his body is left on a small platform of reeds outside the village for a day, and then cremated in a gasoline-soaked shroud suspended between trees, while the rest of the village watches from a respectful distance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELGIAN CONGO: Freedom Yes, Civilization Maybe | 1/11/1960 | See Source »

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