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The spots lasted less than 20 minutes that evening last October, giving Greenacre and Barr no time to rig apparatus and make photographs. Dr. John S. Hall, the observatory's director, reported what they had seen to astronomical authorities. He had not seen the spots himself, but he ordered...
Choreographer George Balanchine conceived his ballet, the Prodigal Son, as a poem of bitter passions, a lantern carried into the darkness to light an anguished face. Balanchine responded to Prokofiev's music by composing a gymnastic grotesquerie, free of all the gestures of classical ballet. The only dancer to...
Shostakovich explores every twist in the tale with a lively assortment of musical styles, and the music sustains the entire drama. The heroine, who despite her crimes is meant to be "a ray of light in the kingdom of darkness," is described in lyrical and eloquent themes, while an array...
Shadows create the sense of gloom for the entire film, damping even a victory celebration. Darkness pervades the alleys where gleeful soldiers cavort with Cyprian women. The transition of Othello's mind from conscientious administrator to maddened husband is reflected in the darkening of the weather as the Moor's...
Friends recall him as generally carefree and happy-go-lucky. Rousmanier says Kennedy was "very well-liked and admired" Another friend said Kennedy exuded "an aura of leadership even in personal affairs. If you were on his side, you were really in and that was tremendous. If you were not...