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...Little Nemo in Slumberland: So Many Splendid Sundays! by Winsor McCay and edited by Peter Maresca (Sunday Press) 100 years ago there appeared a full color comic strip unlike any seen before or since. "Little Nemo in Slumberland," by Winsor McCay, a pioneer of both comics and animation ("Little Gertie the Dinosaur"), followed the adventures of a little boy in the world of dreams until, at the end of every episode, he awakens. Some of the most visually inventive comics ever created, McCay's strips would put Nemo through diamond palaces, into the mouths of dragons, and as a giant...
...Defence Force and the federal government. Brisbane-based Callinan has set a cracking pace with his reporting on Australian national security and defense, and from Papua New Guinea, since joining Time last year. Please join me in congratulating Tom, Rory, Tim and the rest of our team on their splendid achievement...
...making, the collection consists of pieces gathered and donated by David P. Wheatland ’22 and other artifacts Harvard has amassed since its 1636 inception. “David Wheatland had a profound sense in the middle of the twentieth century...[and he] built this splendid collection, which unfortunately, until now, did not have a display space,” Brandt said. Previously housed in the Science Center basement, among other places, the collection’s historical instruments were only recently brought up to use as teaching tools in the gallery. George Putnam...
...Slavs!’ is not merely an idea play; it is a play that struggles with fundamental elements of being human.” Whether it’s this essential humanity, Kushner’s intriguing script, or the HRDC’s splendid acting and staging that draws audiences to “Slavs!,” the play is well worth a viewing—and an exclamation point...
...Name of the Father Daniel Day-Lewis is brilliant as Gerry Conlon, the Belfast lad falsely accused of I.R.A. terrorism and imprisoned with his long-suffering da. Jim Sheridan's movie is informed by an angry passion for justice, by a splendid ensemble of actors and by some of the year's most skillfully kinetic filmmaking...