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...scene must have been spectacular. Whether that spectacle is understood as deeply felt or empty depends on later interpretation. "The place was as vast as a small city. There were literally thousands of priests, attendants, temple soldiers and minions," writes historian Paul Johnson. "Dignity was quite lost amid the smoke of the pyres, the bellows of terrified beasts, the sluices of blood, the abattoir stench, the unconcealed and unconcealable machinery of tribal religion inflated by modern wealth to an industrial scale...
Although Lentz got caught between the bags to end the rally, he also made a spectacular defensive play in the top of the inning that made the Crimson comeback possible...
...this cable-ready 24/7 spectacle of the untrammeled Super-Id, which electronically firehoses its children with every vicious fantasy it can conceive, really wish to have its more lurid capital cases turned into media extravaganzas? If the McVeigh execution opens this video window, it will not be closed, and spectacular public executions will become a matter of the First Amendment and the Public's Right to Know. Maybe they...
...scientific expertise of our faculty is first-rate, the ability to teach—to impart information quickly, effectively, lucidly and entertainingly—by no means correlates with this zeal for research. The result is a faculty that spans the entire gambit of teaching quality, from abysmal to spectacular, with a mean hovering at mediocre...
...Willie Stargell was a spectacular hitter, racking up 475 homers over his career. He was a leader in the dugout and in the locker room, and the city loved him for it. But perhaps even more than it loved Stargell's prowess on the field, Pittsburgh loved his easy manner, his civic boosterism, his infectious dedication to the game. In Pittsburgh, which is often characterized as the ultimate football town, true dedication to baseball is a triumph in and of itself...