Word: timelessness
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...review (Revista de Occidente) of the day. He launched political manifestoes ("Spaniards, our nation does not exist. Reconstruct it. The monarchy must be destroyed"). And all the while, in the most exquisitely modulated Castilian prose of the 20th century, he wrote about Spain, art, bullfighting, modern poetry and the timeless problems of moral philosophy...
...show is not worth producing unless it promises to enrich its backers as a long-run hit. Last week, however, Broadway blossomed with a smash hit that broke rules, and may break records. The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA) opened its revival of Thornton Wilder's timeless piece of vaudevillian anthropology. The Skin of Our Teeth, first produced in 1942 (and greeted by a mixed chorus of cheers and catcalls-plus a Pulitzer Prize). The ANTA production's glittering stars: the U.S. theater's Grande Dame Helen Hayes and Producer-Director-Playwright George Abbott as mankind...
...adventures themselves retain the timeless quality of myth: the gigantic Cyclops is chillingly acted by Umberto Silvestri, and his howls of frenzy at the loss of his eye are enough to shatter cliffs; the immortal and immoral Circe (also played by Silvana Mangano) can call up tempests or turn men into porkers with equal ease. The screen writers have added one imaginative touch to the incident of the Sirens' rock: as his galley is rowed past that bone-littered shore. Ulysses, bound to the mainmast, is driven to frantic despair by the pleading voices of his wife...
Citation: "Truly a living legend in the athletic world and a towering, unshakable symbol of honesty and integrity in collegiate sports, but more than these, one to whom a grateful country will forever accord the timeless tribute: 'Maker...
...near Callao, and forgotten. Imprudent editors who displease the regime are sometimes bludgeoned by prowlers in the night. Students at ancient San Marcos are restive; last week, as it often is, the university was closed down after a strike. Apra simmers explosively underground. The Indians still ive in their timeless withdrawal, despite some experiments aimed at improving their lot (TIME...