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They were what bus drivers read before starting a run, not opening up the doors, while you stood outside in the cold. But having no alternative I began to sift through the pile. The authors' names were all unfamiliar, and the cover photos all dirty...
...permitted. Careful tuning of the TV set is obviously required, but The Secret of Michelangelo: Every Man's Dream (ABC-TV, Dec. 5, 9:3010:30 p.m. E.S.T.) is still a rare instance of television illuminating art. The closeups of the human and heavenly throng, many of them unfamiliar except to scholars, are a powerful sight in themselves. But their impact is strengthened by the evocative narration, spoken by Christopher Plummer and Zoe Caldwell, and by the imaginative sequence of the pictures. Sometimes the figures almost seem to move, and the putti to dance...
...such was Charles de Gaulle, dressed as a Puritan and carrying a Bible and a blunderbuss; the French President had opposed state payments for contraceptives on the ground that they would be used for pleasure rather than health. Last May, in the Atlantic, Sorel unleashed "Sorel's Unfamiliar Quotations," in which bulbous characters are linked with punnish captions. Under a sullen, bleary Frank Sinatra: "Mia culpa...
This is something of a laughter, but there is just the slightest possibility that Cornell will be emotionally down this week, following an exciting come-from-behind win over Rutgers and preceding next Saturday's showdown with Harvard. Penn has to be bursting with the unfamiliar pride of two straight wins, over Bucknell and Brown, but the Big Red will hold on for a 23-10 decision...
...rise has been meteoric but arduous. Recruited by a sumo manager on a visit to Hawaii in 1964, he was persuaded to move to Japan and train for the ring. In Tokyo, he shivered through the cold, dank winter, struggling to learn the language and get accustomed to the unfamiliar food. All work and no poi made Takamiyama a dull boy. He dutifully performed an apprentice's chores, such as scrubbing senior wrestlers' backs, and spent long hours toughening his body by slamming against a wooden pillar...