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...since a large part of the insight one gains today into ancient cultures in general (and that of Thrace in particular) derives from the contents of burial mounds, it is well to consider this perspective when examining these works. Heroes and heroines of Greek and Persian mythology provide the subjects for many of the works, but the treatment departs often from the subject's "typical" interpretation...
...from intuition through intellectual analysis to restored spontaneity," hints on teaching correct fluidity of motion and allusions to his practise of Yoga as an aid to technique. Finally, Menuhin offers a felicitous exploration of his own supreme art, almost shyly, as though he hesitated to expose so personal an insight: The interpreter's duty is threefold. First, he must master the numberless muscular pressures which in every position on every string will produce every quality of sound. Then, having learned the phonetics of his language, he must put them together to convey a message, and to do this must have...
Rosovsky said that for the Foreign Languages and Cultures area, Harvard should offer courses on a range of cultural experiences, in both Western and non-Western countries, so that students gain insight into both foreign lands and their...
...like this week's cover story on Actress Diane Keaton depend largely on the reporter's ability to establish a rapport with the subject - while maintaining a professional detachment. Too often interviews are nothing more than simple question-and-answer sessions that provide the journalist with little insight into the subject. But occasionally, resonance and understanding develop between the two that add a lot to the story. Such was the case with Diane Keaton and TIME Reporter-Researcher Janice Castro...
...smug self-satisfaction; often symbolizing an era to a degree aesthetes are unwilling to admit. Harry Crosby would have made a superlative court jester. If ever an artist appropriated the spirit of his era it was Crosby. This golden-haired nephew of J.P. Morgan spent a lifetime scrambling after insight and sensations others had long since experienced; obsessed with material possessions and the construction of elaborate mythologies. Yet his diaries ruthlessly expose foibles, and paint portraits in the starkest tones of a man and an era when flight -- physical and intellectual -- was a dominant preoccupation...