Enrico Maria Gonzaga stands on the bank of the great river looking at the waters that flow murkily by, without knowing where they come from or where they go. |
In both l'Edouard Manet's The Absinthe Drinker and Edgar Degas's L'Absinthe the pale greenish glass adds a sick glow to the murkily degraded metropolitan modernity. |
Like many others in their generation, their characters are coming to terms with a past whose message is crystal clear and a present that is murkily ambiguous. |
The soberest hope is that the businesslike Mr Kasyanov may try to nudge his government away from the worst habits of the past. What else will he manage in the Russia murkily emerging under President Putin? |
The decision was announced this morning but even then, it won't be the end of it with both sides talking murkily about taking the decision to the High Court. |
The melodies of each of these songs are immediately recognizable, yet their specific origins remain murkily unknown. |