Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...comparison with Herzog was applicable in this sense: the anti-heroes of books like Herzog and Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano are characterized by their in-ability to live nobly. The armies cannot be clearly defined; the heroes achieve their peculiar grandeur by their half-futile attempts to avoid the degradation of being a member of a degraded society. They are "healthy" because they are sickened by a sick society...
...does Kazantzakis, so obviously and self-consciously a "modern man," avoid the numbing dilemma of men like Matthew Arnold and fictional figures like Herzog? For one thing, he achieves nobility by immersing himself in a noble tradition. The Consul in Under the Volcano, for example, may be one of the many examples of a man "alienated" from society but the hero of Report to Greco is a descendant of generations of proud Cretans and a son of the ancient island of Crete. It is no accident that the author begins the prologue with Cretan soil in his hand and ends...
...lively presentation of Hans Leo Hassler's "Cantate Domino." Their major effort was the "Quatre petites Prieres de Sainte Francois d'Assise," by Francis Poulenc, and they sang this difficult work masterfully. The closest the Crimson came to English folksongs was Richard Dering's "Cease thy affections to avoid her reproving." Although the Princeton boy in front of me couldn't resist snickering at the lyrics, the song was charming...
Advanced ticket sales and tighter security measures will be tried for the Princeton Mixer in the Union tonight. The Freshman Council is attempting to avoid a recurrence of the Dartmouth dance woes...
Paul's Plan. Pope Paul, who had always sympathized with the idea, has now agreed to let the movement operate on a trial basis for three years under Paris' Archbishop Coadjutor Pierre Veuillot. To avoid the pitfalls of the past, the worker-priests will be carefully selected, then will undergo rigorous training in sociology and economics to enable them to answer the arguments of skillful Communist organizers. Worker-priests will live in religious communities, but will be permitted to join unions...