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...emotional charge - it's not hard to find meaning in tears, scratches and bleeding. When these works were shown at the Guggenheim in 1966, some questioned the theme's suitability for a modern Jewish artist. Newman pointed to the subtitle, Lema Sabacthani, the psalmist's cry of "Why hast thou forsaken me?", telling an interviewer: "This is what the paintings mean to me. The cry." After the Stations, he needed to reinvent himself once more, says Temkin, and he took to the new bright acrylic paints. His surfaces became denser and he moved into a more upbeat phase, coining...
...believing in idols and survives, Daniel-like, in a fiery furnace to which he is condemned for his fealty to Allah. And in the Koranic version of Abraham's ultimate test, Abraham tells his son of God's command, and the boy replies, "O my father! Do that which thou art commanded. Allah willing, thou shalt find me of the steadfast." Notes the Koran approvingly: "They had both surrendered," using the verb whose noun form is the word Islam. For passing such trials, Allah tells Abraham, "Lo, I have appointed thee a leader for mankind...
This moraller-than-thou versus thoughtfuller-than-thou approach to politics illuminates the split between conservatives and liberals over numerous campus issues. Should Harvard change its sexual assault policy and not adjudicate accusations of assault through the Administrative Board? Yes, say conservatives, Harvard can’t try these cases properly. No, say liberals, Harvard has a moral obligation to its female students. Should we create a “queer studies” program or a Latino studies program? Yes, say liberals, these are important groups in society that have a right to a full fledged department...
...cheers at Williams' and McLaren's headquarters last week when Schumacher's manager announced that his client may not continue in Formula One when his contract with Ferrari runs out in 2004. Until then, the racing looks as if it will stay boringly predictable. GOLF Epic Contest O thou Golfinia, Goddess of these plains, Great patroness of Goff, indulge my strains So wrote Edinburgh legal clerk Thomas Mathison in 1743 in one of the first books to describe the game that began with players hitting pebbles across sand dunes and rabbit holes in the Kingdom of Fife, Scotland, sometime during...
...thought wrong. After the opening-night performance, Hart walked into Sardi's and told Rodgers, "This is one of the greatest shows I've ever seen in my life, and it'll be playing 20 years from now." On the 1998 PBS special "The Rodgers & Hart Story: Thou Swell, Thou Witty," Hart's sister-in-law Dorothy had a different story: "He went to see the opening night, and he didn't like it. But he wouldn't tell Dick he didn't like...