As the ellipse becomes longer and flatter, it takes on the qualities of the rectangle. Even more than the tondo, the oval is a playful shape, prescribed by the demands of the setting it bedecks rather than those of the composition it encloses.

Looting and street fighting between armed gangs loyal to the Rallis government and to ELAS became daily occurrences in the city.

Mr. Bosland said, “Close order drill may be OK in Nazi Germany, but we are here in America.”

I gave her the prasad from Eklingji to gain time to think.