Word: wonderlands
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...summer's vacation in a water wonderland? Hardly...
...stars, dust and gas) collected at its center that it collapsed under the force of its own gravity. Crushing together until all of its mass was concentrated in an incredibly small volume, the matter continued to exert tremendous gravitational force. Like the Cheshire cat in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland that vanished, leaving only a smile, the great mass of galactic material in effect disappeared. Only its gravity remained, continuing to pull in nearby stars and dust...
...Company of Wolves Jordan has wrought a veritable wonderland. The film is so visually sumptuous that, despite its shallow characterization and sometimes blatant psychologizing, it cannot fail to please the ethically inclined. It is a flawed cinematic gem but for all its cracks it gives a lovely light...
...effect, the Sullivan decision has resulted in the very thing it was written to avoid. What it produced has been aptly called Malice in Wonderland. One survey by the Libel Defense Resource Center of cases that resulted in large jury awards for damages shows that four of the ten biggest were brought by public officials, and dozens of suits are pending, at least 18 in Philadelphia alone. These plaintiffs may be responding to a perceived shift in public opinion against the news media, or to a general litigious impulse in our society, or to the publicity given to strikingly high...
...vigorous new translation, mice and soldiers, clowns and children speak out as never before, and Sendak has found pictorial equivalents for their idiosyncrasies. The illustrations will be on deposit at the Rosenbach Museum and Library of Philadelphia, which owns Tenniel's original drawings for Alice in Wonderland. A fitting destination: last century's classic has been joined by a modern candidate for that status...