Word: sterne
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...began to write his masterwork in the German trenches in the Balkans, where he was serving out the last days of World War I. He sent it home in letters to his mother. Mustered out, Franz Rosenzweig finished Der Stern der Erlösung (The Star of Redemption) in February 1919, just six months after he started it; the book was published two years later in Frankfurt. Since then it has become one of the dominant works of Jewish thought in the 20th century, ranking with those of Martin Buber (I and Thou), a friend of Rosenzweig's. Thanks...
...husband and King. Finally, we see her as a sick and aged woman, bewildered by events that have taken from her both husband and crown. As Henry's last Queen, Rosalie Crutchley effectively plays a staunch Catherine Parr, a waspish and religious woman with pursed face and stern views on a woman's duty both to Christ and to her husband. Miss Crutchley's Catherine is determined and unyielding as she saves herself from what was becoming the almost inevitable trip to the Tower...
...Beard, a stern-faced tactician on the course, does not think that the roles of comedian and champion are compatible. "Trevino is a tremendous golfer," he says, "but nobody can tell me that a player can keep up a constant conversation with the gallery and talk to himself on the backswing and still produce his best golf." Trevino disagrees. "I'm out there to have some fun and win some money." That he does both with such stylish ease is tribute to his philosophy of the game: "Stay loose." A friend explains: "Lee's secret is that when...
...Raiders' final report turned out to be, by Nader's stern standards, a fairly non-vengeful indictment. Leinsdorf declared that the bank was "innovative, aggressive, growing and profitable." Even Nader smilingly admitted that "we got the impression that there were real human beings in this corporation, unlike others." Nevertheless, the investigators made serious charges against Citibank, most of which were promptly disputed by Wriston. Samples: - The sharpest accusation was that the bank has aggravated New York City's housing crisis by not putting back into neighborhoods, in the form of mortgage loans, nearly as much...
...film; ballet, as always, speaks for itself. From time to time the camera leaves the animals to visit their creator, a young and pretty child who rebels against her antifeminist era with quill pen and paintbox. Here, too, all is pantomime; the ticking of the clock, the stern, wordless parents, the rustle of mice in a cage all express volumes...