Word: characterized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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As in any guerrilla war, the fighting can be vicious, and Mondlane, a gentle and cultivated man, seemed to some of those he met remarkably out of character as the leader of such a movement. Perhaps his single greatest talent lay in wangling aid from both the Communist and capitalist...
While he concedes that reporters must point out the errors of public officials, he deems it unfair to blame Presidents for "everything from the generation gap to the price of bread." And he especially deplores "criticism of their character, in terms so stark that it makes them appear monsters who...
Debussy's music provides an iridescent veil which sensitizes each syllable and gesture of the poem. His music illuminates the music from behind. The recitative vocal line partakes of the elastic undulations of the French language in an effort to more naturalistically express character. As he writes, "The feelings of...
THE NEW ENGLAND Conservatory production was extremely successful musically, and somewhat less successful visually. The purpose of the production was to present the opera as a naturalistic drama. The mood of the vague kingdom of Allemonde is lugubrious, haunting, tenuous. Pelleas is pale and feeble, overcome by destiny; Melisande is...
The quote is from Carlos Fuentes' novel Where the A ir Is Clear. The speaker is a former Mexican revolutionary who has turned businessman. Emiliano Zapata, a flesh-and-blood revolutionary with the unappeasable single-mindedness of a saint, no doubt would have spat at such words. He was...