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...Jarman's ostensibly hip 1992 rendering of Christopher Marlowe's classic play is a fine example of how one can choke on one's own postmodernism. You won't be allowed to forget that the play was written centuries ago, but its timeliness (gay love, violently thwarted) will be thrust rudely at you like a piece of ACT-UP literature: fine if you're a piece of ACT-UP literature, but not necessarily if you're a Christopher Marlowe play. But first, the Cliff Notes. Edward II has a particular affection for a commoner named Gaveston, and makes...
...million- lb. space shuttle as its three main engines roar to life. He remembers well that when the eight steel bolts that attach the rocket boosters to the launching pad are blown away, there's no turning back. He has felt the crushing sensation as 6 million lbs. of thrust hurl him into orbit. And he knows how sublime and scary it is to float freely in space, tethered to the ship by only a slender lifeline. But none of Musgrave's four missions have fully prepared him for the challenge he faces next week, when he and six other...
Anthony Hopkins is Stevens the butler, the old bulldog of Darlington Hall. In the thrust of his Churchillian jaw one can read a declaration of honorable purpose; in his blue eyes one can hear the quiet bark, feel the dogged bite. Stevens lives to serve his master and to rule the servants. Upstairs his step is tentative and his eyes aim for the carpet. Downstairs, as Chairman of the Board, he has a sturdy stride and an imperious gaze. He knows his place all too well. He believes it his job to hear nothing while above, to surrender...
...freshman two years ago, the 6'1" guard was thrust into a starting role when Campbell took the season off. He performed admirably, starting all 26 contests in Sullivan's first year as head coach...
...this subject, several campus controversies this fall have piqued my interest. More illuminating than the content of The Crimson's reporting is the extraordinary dynamic between reporters and administrators that has been thrust into full view...