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Synoptic Vision. Cavafy possessed that power. With a pagan selection of detail-the gaze of an eye, the tilt of a head -he evokes the ardor of youthful flesh as tunelessly as does a frieze on a Grecian urn. Indeed, Cavafy introduces the shapers of the ancient world-the Ptolemies, Julius Caesar, Marc Antony-as if they were embarking on their adventures this very day. Simultaneously, he moves contemporary people backward into the total stillness of history so that they seem to have been formed in the ruins of Pompeii. Except for Yeats, no modern poet has surpassed Cavafy...
...body's joints, the ankle is one of the most complex. It is an intricate hinge that not only supports the weight of the entire body but allows the foot to rotate and tilt through a range of angles. Doctors have learned to replace diseased or injured finger joints, hips, shoulders and knees with effective, man-made spares. But they have had only limited success with artificial ankles. In many cases the best they could do was to put in a hinge that allowed the foot to move only up or down. The accepted treatment for most patients with...
...generated more controversy than kudos. The Columbia University Board of Trustees, which oversees the selection process, publicly chastised its own Pulitzer advisory board two years ago for honoring the New York Times's disclosure of the Pentagon papers and Jack Anderson for his columns on Washington's "tilt" toward Pakistan during the India-Pakistan war. Last year, when the Providence Journal-Bulletin 's Jack White gained a prize for revealing Richard Nixon's minimal income taxes, the trustees were upset again: they felt that publication of the former President's leaked tax returns was "Xerox...
...first order of business was a Friday afternoon tilt with the Tigers of Princeton with pitching ace Milt Holt taking to the mound to face Princeton's best. Mark Softy...
...relief. Officials in Bonn and London said they would redouble their efforts within the European Community to mount a multilateral aid program to assist the hard-pressed Portuguese economy. The moderates' victory was interpreted as vindication of Europe's "soft line" to Lisbon's leftward tilt. Said one British official: "I dread to think what would have been the results of the elections if [Secretary of State Henry] Kissinger had been allowed to apply his special brand of Realpolitik-probably 50 Communist deputies." Kissinger refused comment on the grounds that the election was an "internal matter...