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These isolated incidents, often hilarious or moving, help convey the lack of cohesiveness to Robert's conception of marriage. The show's designers aptly depict Robert's "snapshot" image of matrimony through bold, oversized portraits and sudden photographic flashes. In "Someone Is Waiting," where Robert seeks a companion who embodies characteristics from each of his female friends, a slide montage serves as an extension of Robert's mind. Unfortunately, the number itself seems out of sequence in its position early in the show; the audience does not get the opportunity to become familiar with many of the women about which...
...auction of Pamela Harriman's very worldly possessions last week provided a snapshot of the market for celebrity relics. Here are a few of the objects and the amount they earned, arranged in order of how much the sale price exceeded or fell below the estimate. Age apparently has its perquisites: memorabilia linked to World War II--era personalities outperformed those from more contemporary figures, although the Camelot cachet was still impressive...
...turn out to be the most detailed snapshot ever taken of the depressed mind, showing where melancholy is mapped on the gray matter of the brain. Writing in last week's Nature, Drevets and his co-workers reported that they had zeroed in on a tiny, thimble-size nodule of the brain located about 2 1/2 inches behind the bridge of the nose. Other scientists had already shown that this section of the brain, called the subgenual prefrontal cortex, plays an important role in the control of emotions. But Drevets, who has since moved to the University of Pittsburgh, discovered...
...lover's company. Saint Teresa of Avila, a requiem for a childhood friend who killed herself, is addressed less to the dead woman or to those who miss her than to the saint who is expected to welcome her to heaven. Everything's Comin' Up Roses is a postmortem snapshot: "When I'm pushin' up daisies," the roses will still bloom...
...little over 2,000 years ago, Julius Caesar perished in a brutal stabbing by other members of the Roman Senate. A brief snapshot of the time follows...