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...minute postlude to The Iceman Cometh and Eugene O'Neill's obsessive theme that truth kills and the lie of illusion nourishes life. In a performance of consummate skill, Jason Robards does precisely what O'Neill always asked of himself, even in lesser plays-he lays his life on the lines...
Last week Danièle Maurel was sentenced to ten months in prison, and assorted accomplices got lesser terms. Her father saw her misdemeanor as the result of too much heart. "My daughter has the mentality of a St. Bernard," he said...
...minute postlude to The Iceman Cometh and Eugene O'Neill's obsessive theme that truth kills and the lie of illusion nourishes life. In a performance of consummate skill, Jason Robards does precisely what O'Neill always asked of himself, even in lesser plays -he lays his life on the lines...
...sexy sphinxes and snake-draped nude dancers of Max Klinger and Franz von Stuck, whose fancy for the Wagnerian concept of total art led them to stud their frames with marble, onyx and semiprecious lapidary and to incise their names in five-inch letters. Among nearly 2,000 lesser art works are monumental glorifications of the autobahns, tiers of titillating, bulky Brünnhildes in the buff, and pleasant vistas of Berchtesgaden. One canvas, called Judgment of Paris, shows three hefty maidens placidly awaiting the award of the golden apple from Paris, who is a lad dressed in a Hitler...
This letter is submitted as a means of protest against the United States involvement in the recent Congo tragedies. The press in this country has focused much attention on the inhumane torture and execution of white hostages by the rebels. To a lesser extent it has also mentioned the large scale slaughter by the rebels of native Congolese loyal to the central government. Both equally deserve complete condemnation...