Word: terras
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DIED. Reuben Nakian, 89, prolific American sculptor whose quasiabstract marbles, clay urns, terra-cotta plaques and monumental bronzes were inspired by Greek and Roman mythology; in Stamford, Conn. Nakian's realistic work brought him early fame, particularly his life-size sculptures of Franklin Roosevelt and some of his Cabinet and an eight-foot plaster figure of Babe Ruth...
...something Hall still cares passionately about. He rallied for the cause as Prime Minister Paul Keating's chair of the Australia Council for the Arts, but his most powerful argument in its defence is his own writing. From The Island in the Mind's 17th century Frenchman, who invents Terra Incognita as an opera, to The Day We Had Hitler Home's Audrey McNeil, who, with her hand-held camera, invents Europe as a movie, Hall's novels comprise what he calls "a seven-part metaphorical history of Australia." His next, to be set in the Brisbane his family discovered...
...gleeful crowd, marked by enthusiastic hugs at the door, wild mwahhing across the auditorium, and a palpable oozing of excitement. Kristina R. Yee ’10, had “been anticipating the premiere all week!”—and came prepared with Tealuxe, Terra chips, and Sour Patch Kids. It was not only Harvard students, however, that found room in their big brains to appreciate the amusing moments that made up the half hour episode of Ivory Tower. Nick A. Athanassiou, a graduate student at Boston College, follows Harvard-Radcliffe Television’s hallmark...
...Made with precision and vigor, the film never forgets to entertain, packing its 2-hr. 33-min. length with cool visions (like Krypton's crystal cathedral) and spectacular set pieces. Want some pure exhilaration? Check out Superman's midair wrangling of an Air Force jet, maneuvering it back to terra firma to make a gentle belly flop onto a baseball field during a game. And for an intimate intensity not often found in action films, stick around for the creepy encounter involving Superman, Luthor and a stiletto of kryptonite...
...each issue, both true. As LeRoy vanishes into thin air, he reveals our ever-ephemeral grasp on truth and reality. Our world depends on a haphazard balance between manipulated images, unfiltered images, and direct experience. And upon this arbitrary and artificial backdrop—a reality far from terra firma—we play out our personal simulations. It’s an uncomfortable idea: Our existence, seemingly solid and objective, is no less artificial, constructed, and illusory than LeRoy.So vive le LeRoy’s of this world; they represent the ultimate expression of our age, more true...