Word: thunderers
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...report by the end of the term, is a resounding "yes." Committee members--the Quad masters plus Mather House Masters David and Patricia Herlihy and Eliot House Master Alan E. Heimert '49--hedge somewhat in discussing specifics. Says Hershbach: "I don't want to steal all the thunder." Nevertheless, the masters are making clear they see the need for further substantive improvements in Quad living. These will probably include a revision of House assignment formulas which severely affect the Quad's crowding situation (see accompanying story), and a call for major construction at the Quad to create more dorm rooms...
There are aspects of the new woman in a rising generation of athletes and actresses: the powerful neck and shoulders of Dancer Sandahl Bergman, the huge forearm of Tennis Champ Martina Navratilova, the mesa-flat stomach of Actress Mariel Hemingway, the sinewy "thunder thighs" of Marathoner Gayle Olinekova, the eloquently articulated back muscles of Track Star Patrice Don nelly. But these are not changeable parts on the latest model of Barbie doll. The new body is to be seen and appreciated in the sum and the movement of its parts, the most important of which may be the brain that...
...before 5 p.m. there is a barrage of artillery fire so fierce, so extensive, so positively horrifying in its intensity that Frey and I are stunned into silence. Building after building comes crashing down. Great flashes of fire light up the sky. A crescendo of noise like some dreadful thunder rolls across the city...
...when a Kabuki actor reaches a sufficient level of artistry, he is rewarded with the name of a distinguished ancestor. Leading Kabuki artists like Tamasaburo, 32, a brilliant onnagata, may achieve the popularity of rock stars. One of the most effective works in the tour repertory is Narukami (The Thunder God), first presented in 1684. A stirring tale somewhat resembling the biblical stories of Judith and Delilah, it recounts the bravery of Princess Kumo-no-Taema (Tamasaburo), who journeys to the mountain redoubt of Priest Narukami (Ebizo) to seduce him and free the god of rainfall, whom Narukami has imprisoned...
...time Up close, most writers tend to look minor, to look like transient scribblers: aphids, small potatoes, twerps. One imagines a golden age long gone and a gray, leaden trivial present. effect is only heightened by the undiscriminating hype. One has to listen hard to hear any real thunder in the books...