Word: darknesse
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THOM Gunn's third and latest book of poems takes its title from a jaded but "treble-sinew'd" Antony's invitation to "one other gaudy night" before the reeking dishonor of Actium. Insofar as this volume has a central theme, it is a study in types of heroism, which...
Eyes stare out of the darkness, so green and narrow they could have been admired by a lecherous khan. They move closer. A young black cat, just full grown, steps out of a bit of sewer pipe and starts to move through the city. Its gait is all leg and...
The old man, interpreted with earthy humor and shining grace by Bokuzen Hidari, is the vortical figure in the film. The other characters turn to him as men turn instinctively to a light in darkness. He is a holy idiot, a saint who is wanted by the police. He looks...
During periods of darkness, he flicked on the tiny flashlights that were attached to the fingers of his gloves, directed the beams on his maps. He found he could urinate easily into the "motorman's pal," which was attached to the lining of his space suit. On his second orbit...
As Robert Kennedy found, the telling is tough. But, said the President, "it is better to light a candle than curse the darkness."