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Justin perches serenely on a swivel-top stool, a wooly red scarf wrapped around his face. He lists his interests as "playing, rolling cars, and this"--he brandishes a crumpled package od Starburst candies...
...passers-by stop to look. They see remarkable things: a velvety image of a contemplative black child, a serene study of a well-fed cat and an undernourished house plant. The much photographed Verrazano Bridge can be found in Forss's display, but this time with a small starburst of sunlight piercing one of its uprights. And, yes, there is a winter scene in Central Park, rendered as a child with a very experienced eye might see it: the snow white, the background buildings dark and brooding...
...figure, the country bumpkin with just the right touch of idealism and star-struck awe to endear him to any audience. He saves the day of course, hitting the heavily protected weak link in the planet-fortress of the Empire that reduces the forces of evil to a pyrotechnic starburst signalling the end of the dark days in the universe. While the dogfight that leads into the last-ditch attack is a mite drawn out, the denouement amply compensates for any peccadillos of self-indulgence that Lucas commins as he films the dueling spacecraft...
...Starburst. In virtually every musical capital of the world, the sight of Solti conducting is a familiar one. It is quite a spectacle: head down, baton held high, tails flying, he seems to spring from the wings. The leap to the podium is agile and sure; the bow to the audience curt, formal and, in the European tradition, from the waist, with the heels brought together in something just this side of a click. At this point, a Stokowski would spin showily and attack immediately. Not Solti. He turns thoughtfully, spreads his feet and shoots slitty glances around to make...
Million Years. The message's most ingenious feature, however, is the large starburst pattern (E). Fourteen of the lines symbolize specific pulsars, each recognizable by the precise frequency (also noted in binary terms) at which they give off radio signals. The 15th line (F), extending behind the humans, indicates the distance of their star to the center of the galaxy. That information should tell extraterrestrial scientists even a million years from now when and from where the spacecraft was launched. For specific details, they can look at a representation of the solar system (G). It shows that Pioneer left...