Word: deeding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...beardless cynicism of Mad magazine, first found J.R.R. Tol kien so rich and wonderful. Says proud Fëanor, explaining why he will not give up to the Valar the jewels he worked so hard to craft: "For the less even as for the greater there is some deed that he may accomplish but once only; and in that deed his heart shall rest." So it was with Tolkien and his Silmarillion. - Timothy Foote
Through tempests the sunrays of freedom have cheered us. Along the new path where great Lenin did lead. Be true to the people, thus Stalin has reared us. Inspired us to labor and valorous deed...
Evans seems to be drawn from Epps himself; Shadwell corresponds in word and deed to Henry Howells, a state senator who ran for governor in 1973 and is running again this year. His previous losing campaign clearly is the basis for this novel. And Epps's sympathetic portrayal of Shadwell--and therefore Howells--may well influence the voting in Virginia this fall...
...Duvall) is a willing prisoner of the consumer culture. She thinks that if she faithfully makes all the recipes in the ladies' magazines and accepts their hints on home decoration, goodness and popularity will follow her all the days of her life. Indeed, wish being father to the deed, she is convinced that she is well liked and is entirely oblivious to the fact that none of her acquaintances can stand her. Except, that is, Pinky Rose (Sissy Spacek), her roommate and disciple-a drifter for whom any home is better than none. Eventually, after an accident that almost...
...against putting too much stock in the family tree. "It takes three generations to make a lady, and then she'll spit," he used to say. In addition to many distinguished ancestors, Boeth can also claim a petticoat thief in New Amsterdam (fined 20 guilders for the deed). And Chicago Bureau Chief Benjamin Cate enjoys recalling, among his Puritan precursors, one William ("Whiskey") Cate, who earned his moniker as the watchdog of sobriety in colonial Boston. "During his lifetime, he confiscated many bottles of booze," says Cate. "When old Bill finally died, they found that all those hundreds...