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renounced for rational renderings of them in modern terms; we read The Grapes of Wrath instead of King Arthur because we can understand a character who blurts, "Well, me and Aggie Wainwright, we figgers to git married we are an' they ain't nobody can stop us!," better than one who exclaims "dayle I sholde have kyssed the...sispyte of Quene Gwenyver." The first is immediate, the second quaint...
Quaint and somehow childish, it sounds to the sophisticated modern ear, to say "I should have kyssed the." We read The Grapes of Wrath instead of Arthurian tales also because the 20th-century novel seems more logical, more intellectual, more "grown-up." The nakedness of Arthurian events seems too simple, the characters sound naive. But the characters and events of Arthur's court are in fact as psychologically complex and possible as those of any novel. If they are considered simplistic, bare chains of events (Lancelot loves Gwenyver but she's married to his lord, Arthur), its's because modern...
...laureates' wrath was prompted by a comment Ford made at the award of the National Medals for Science earlier this month. According to the laureates, Ford implied that his administration was responsible for the nation's Nobel sweep, and that this was clear evidence that the country is not a weak one, despite Jimmy Carter's claims to the contrary...
King's Wrath. Another apparent irritant to Paley came in 1973 when Taylor hired an International Paper executive, presumably to fill his shoes when he stepped into Paley's. Says former CBS Programming Chief Michael Dann: "There is no such thing as power politics at CBS. Power rests with the throne and Mr. Paley is the king." Adds Dann: "When the old man gets mad, he gets mad. And when he gets mad, he lets go his wrath." A board member puts it another way: "CBS is the house that Paley built, and he simply didn...
...every turn Bruno outwrestled Hansen, and four times the cowardly challenger climbed out of the ring to avoid the wrath of the champion. The fifth time Bruno was not to be put off by such illegal shenanigans and leapt out of the ring after his staggering foe. Around and around the ring Bruno chased the terrified Hansen, until the craven defrauder had to crawl back into the ring to save his skin. Then, in what all true fans must agree to be one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in history, the referee, who had barely gotten to three...