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...possesses the assurance of a woman of the world. The assurance comes from keeping only herself in mind. Not that it requires effort. With a bitch goddess, concentration on self is spontaneous, not disciplined. Godard sees this type as the Eternal Woman--others who don't reach that peak of cogism are God's failures...
...time bike racing may well be the world's most agonizing sport, and the pressure reaches a peak in the Tour de France-2,990 miles across the plains and mountains under a midsummer sun. Understandably, competitors often take a little something to boost their strength and spirit. Sometimes that little something is a little illegal...
From there, says Dr. Nicholas Mayall, director of Arizona's Kitt Peak National Observatory, "we will be able to study star systems in a different state of evolution from our own." In addition, such observations will clarify man's understanding of universal distances, and provide optical studies of many radio sources for the first time. "By studying the Southern Hemisphere," says Mayall, "we will find if the distribution of radio objects, such as quasars, is even, uneven, clustered or what. If the observations show that quasars are not uniform but are instead clustered around the north and south...
...Part of its appeal is the monkish ambiance, part the views of Mount Etna and the Sicilian seascape. Though rooms are air-conditioned, most guests leave their windows open to enjoy the perfume from orange, lemon and almond trees in the garden beneath. Winter used to be the peak season, and in those days, recalls Night Porter Antonino Cappelli, as few as three titled families would fill the whole hotel with their retinues, and it took a mule train to fetch their belongings from the railroad station. Now spring and summer are the busy months, and, says Cappelli, "today they...
...reaches his peak, of course, in the Trial Scene -- which Kahn has staged admirably, and which is marred chiefly by a mechanical delivery on Portia's part that extends even to the "quality of mercy" speech. Carnovsky's playing throughout this scene is a marvel. Here he lets himself lose control twice and shatters courtroom decorum by pounding on the judge's bench as though he were Khruschchev banging his shoe in the United Nations assembly. His modulation from this to his final "I am content" is masterly. When he makes his final exit, he stumbles on the stairs, then...