Word: guardedness
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In Germany, myth and reality intertwine: the real Faust was Luther's contemporary, and Goethe set one of his play's scenes in the Auerbachs Keller in Leipzig. Today the ancient tavern is guarded by statues of Faust and Mephisto, and the latter is seen casting a spell over a...
Last week the frequently frustrating talks reached an inconclusive end in Tokyo. Members of the U.S. delegation remained guarded. Said Allen Wallis, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs: "They have reacted to a number of our suggestions and are considering others. We don't know for sure ourselves which...
Bob Cousy, the smoothest passer basketball had ever seen, a man who both guarded and coached Oscar Robertson, says without the merest reservation, "Bird is simply the best who ever played this silly game." He includes Center Bill Russell, Cousy's Boston teammate, whose presence had the most to do...
The most common lament of stage actresses is a lack of good parts for older women. The Octette Bridge Club, a comedy about eight matronly Irish Catholic sisters who meet every other Friday during the 1930s and 1940s to play cards and swap stories, remedies that problem. The narrative is...
"Swim teams guard their banners like the Roman legions guarded their aquilifers," said Harvard swimmer Lars Rierson, referring to the eagle-topped stafs carried by Roman soldiers.