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...explicitly near the end, is that humans love life, and for that reason life kills them. This is an interesting and tenable idea. But in his attempt to prove its truth, he heaps one unbearable emotion on top of another. The bloody last scene (which happens to be the thirteenth) kills off the hero and heroine. M. Lenormand has reached the worst of his worst. There is nothing more to say. One last, unbearable emotion, and the play ends with a gasp...
...origins of the game certainly belie its claim to rationality. Cricket probably began sometime around the thirteenth century, but no one is sure, give or take a century or two. Tracing the origins of the game is a popular indoor sport in some circles, and there are books which will attempt to overwhelm you with a battery of Old English words and historical anecdotes of dubious authenticity. But all that is really known in that the game is unspeakably old and unspeakably traditional...
...Genoese Shipping in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries" and "French Secular Music of the Late Fourteenth Century" are not subjects with wide appeal. Yet, books on these and 54 other similar topics have been emanating from a small Harvard Square office for the past 25 years. It is in the building to the left of the University Theatre, hidden among beauty salons and insurance offices, that one can find "The Medieval Academy of America...
...China hands of the U.S. Guerrilla chief in Inner Mongolia is General Ou Yu-san, former cavalry commander under ex-Nationalist General Fu Tso-yi, who went over to the Reds. In Yunan, along the Burma border, the guerrilla boss is General Li Mi, who commanded the Nationalist Thirteenth Army Group at the hard-fought battle of Suchow in November...
...into turmoil. It contains glimpses of some of the nastiest people ever assembled on one movie lot, and that includes the hero, Dr. German, who is played by Pierre Fresnay. The movie's favorite acting device is the pregnant pause, which is woefully overworked. Moviegoers who have seen "The Thirteenth Letter" will find that it is the same movie, scene for scene. They will also find that the American version is just as convincingly acted and considerably easier on the eyes...