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...remaining in the dark / Except long enough to clear from the mind / The illusion of having ever been in the light," through the head of a pin, completely self-assured. Soudavar's character comes closest to illuminating Eliot's text, but the volume and immutability of his pronouncements only thwart attempts at a comprehensive interpretation. Ultimately, the audience feels left out in the cold, unable to identify with the "Unidentified Guest...
...unscrupulous Cliff Robertson. At the party convention, Robertson digs up some dirt on Fonda and uses it. Fonda gets some on Robertson but doesn't use it, proving he's the best man, even if not the best husband, but ending his chance at the nomination. He manages to thwart Robertson by other means. With both flawed men out of the running, the Oval Office remains, in our imagination at least, a clean, well-lighted place...
Naturally the revolution-based government could not remain indifferent to these plots, and certain strict measures were taken to thwart chaos. Some blamed freedom itself for the cause of the instability and even used religion as a mask to justify their shortsightedness. Autocracy has become our second nature. We Iranians are all dictators, in a sense...
...that field. Harvard does boast a number of senior Faculty who continue to be vital and innovative in their teaching and scholarship. Nevertheless, its anomalous and increasingly laughable tenuring procedures also make it a haven for the latter type of scholar described above, a critical mass of whom generally thwart the appointment of the former type. Until this situation changes--a prospect about which I remain highly doubtful--any talented younger scholar with a viable alternative would be well advised to decline a junior Faculty appointment at Harvard; for as far as moral support, professional development and intellectual nurturance...
Freshman backup Oliver Jonas suited up for the Crimson in Presto's absence and delivered a 31-save performance that was good enough to thwart the recently surging Big Green...