Word: bacchanalian
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...less interested in "locked" and unified structures than one thinks. The ring of figures in Dance (II), 1909-10, refers back to a long tradition of representations of Bacchanalian dances, from the ancient Greeks through to Poussin. The color is almost as simple and emblematic as that of an Etruscan vase: blue sky, green billowing earth, red flesh inflected with deeper, Indian-red drawing. It could not be more vivid or explicit, or better attuned to the fresco-like scale of the canvas. And yet how provisional these dancers seem, compared with their ancestors; how deliberately imperfect, within the brusque...
...store of bacchanalian lore and Harvard Yard reminiscences is pretty slim. I did have my first boyfriend and my first hangover that year, but I can't frame a piece on my entire first year around those events. No, what distinguishes my first year at Harvard is a rather undistinguishable kind of contentment. I was just plain happy...
...league diamond is life magnified beyond mortal dimension. Who in his or her daily existence has an experience to equal the champagne-drenched euphoria of a championship team? How can the workaday world match that moment when the last out is recorded and the players embrace in bacchanalian frenzy out near the pitcher's mound, pummeling and tumbling, shouting and shrieking, reveling in the totality of triumph...
...fearing liability lawsuits if underage students were injured while intoxicated, and sensing heightened community scrutiny of college practices, Harvard embarked on a month-long policy review which ended with profound changes in the way the College deals with the age-old bacchanalian rights of passage...
After taking charge of the Music Hall in 1980, Evans quickly dropped traditional family entertainment in favor of more contemporary fare, from bacchanalian rock concerts by the likes of Iron Maiden and Adam Ant to comedy acts featuring such stars as Bill Cosby and Eddie Murphy. Evans also brought in a few old reliables, including Johnny Mathis and Liberace, who broke box- office records last year by filling the 6,000-seat auditorium for 21 performances. At the same time, Evans has turned the Music Hall into an entertainment conglomerate that sponsors concerts elsewhere, produces plays and TV specials...