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==Ad Interpretation==
 
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===Translations===
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* צח‎נ‎ is Hebrew for Noach/[[Noah]]
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*The Cyrillic poem is a passage from Russian poet Aleksandr Blok's "To The Muse." [https://sites.ualberta.ca/~lmalcolm/poetry/muse.html Translation]
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<pre>In your hidden memories
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There are fatal tidings of doom...
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A curse on sacred traditions,
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A desecration of happiness;</pre>
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===Literary References===
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*"Observe the whore outside the store" is a passage drawn from [https://archive.org/details/rhymesreasonguid00holl_1 "Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse"] by John Hollander. The first line demonstrates iambic meter (unstressed syllable + stressed syllable), but the second line uses trochaic meter (stressed + unstressed) to single out the whore and identify her as the [[Whore of Babylon]] from [[Revelation]] 17.

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12/5/07 Ad
Publication Date December 5, 2007
Ad Source MM Site
Smiley Type Smiley with 4 hairs, Irregular Smiley

Ad Transcript

SR/CL: Leitmotiv: "On his way to be murdered in the Senate, Julius Caesar passed on the street the soothsayer who had warned him to beware the Ides of March. Caesar smugly said, 'Soothsayer, the Ides have come and I am excellent.' The man replied, 'The day is not over.' "

30: 5/1/82, 2nd

50: 3/10/93, 1st

60: 6/22/05, 3rd

180: 5/1/99, 2nd

6960: 1/17/01, 3rd

7000: 5/1/93, 1st

7020:12/6/95, 3rd

7030: 5/1/89, 2nd


10: Fermi's Fear

20: Chemnitz

40: Winthrop

90: Alekhine

130: Cranmer

140: Mistah Kurtz

6920: Endecott

צח‎נ‎

7040

Естъ в напевах твоих сокровеннъӏх

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Роковая о гибели вестъ.

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Естъ проклятъе заветов священнъӏх,

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Порутание счастия естъ.

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--Blok

⏟ Observe the whore outside the store.

Babylon we mean here—the whore

(Not some hooker by the seashore).

--J. Hollander, ISBN 0-300-08832-9

}24.56 N., 81.78 W.

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Ad Artwork

Lynx Under Sail Commencement Bay

The ship at the center of the ad is a schooner, which bears a close resemblance to the Lynx. The Lynx is a 2001 reproduction of a ship of the same name that sailed during the War of 1812. Displacing 114 tons, the Lynx is 76 feet in length over all, with a sparred length of 122 feet, a 23-foot beam and a draft of 9 feet. She is fitted with period ordnance and flies pennants and flags from the 1812 era.

Ad Image

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Leitmotiv

Ad Interpretation

Translations

  • צח‎נ‎ is Hebrew for Noach/Noah
  • The Cyrillic poem is a passage from Russian poet Aleksandr Blok's "To The Muse." Translation
In your hidden memories 
There are fatal tidings of doom... 
A curse on sacred traditions, 
A desecration of happiness;


Literary References

  • "Observe the whore outside the store" is a passage drawn from "Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse" by John Hollander. The first line demonstrates iambic meter (unstressed syllable + stressed syllable), but the second line uses trochaic meter (stressed + unstressed) to single out the whore and identify her as the Whore of Babylon from Revelation 17.