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...decadence, materialism and sexual immorality, they are largely recycling ideas and language that originated in the West. The authors point out that even as Western Europe and America began evolving into liberal democracies with capitalist economies, a countercurrent of opposition accused the newly emerging "modern" world of being devoid of spirituality. In the arts, Romantic poets like Wordsworth and Blake charged that industrialization was stripping people of their individuality and their connection to the past, while in politics, Karl Marx accused capitalism of ruthlessly exploiting workers. Buruma and Margalit spotlight the often striking overlap in language and ideas between Europe...
...elegant, personal 2003 autobiography was titled, somewhat misleadingly, The Majesty of the Law. But her own majestic qualities are refreshingly devoid of regal pretense. They are marked instead by the humility and tolerance and restraint that are the true foundations of the constitutional principles that she endeavors both to balance and to obey. --BY WALTER ISAACSON, president of the Aspen Institute
...make last-ditch contact with friends who will disperse all over the globe for the summer break. It’s not just the weather bringing us out of the insulation and into the sun; it’s the sense that this is all nearly over, and months devoid of the curious comforts of college-time scheduling lie ahead. This need to make contact before departure is all the more acute on consideration of how the college year actually finishes. It does not grind to a sudden and well-defined halt, but instead peters out, as variable exam schedules...
...remarkably selfless?and courageous?decision. All the more so because Sonia must have suspected what the rest of India would soon learn: that she would prove to be a woefully inadequate party leader. Described by friends as shy and private, Sonia comes across as almost devoid of charisma. She assiduously avoids reporters and, whenever possible, political events. She shows scant comprehension of economics or international affairs, and seems entirely out of touch with the galloping high-tech industry that's driving the economy. She refuses to respond to personal attacks over her foreign birth, or to make...
Sylvain Chomet’s film aims for a multinational texture and is largely devoid of dialogue, but nevertheless retains a distinctly French sensibility with a penchant for shrewd cultural allusions. A clubfooted widow, Madame Souza, trains her chubby grandson Champion to become a stick-thin cyclist with the help of bulky canine Bruno and her restless whistle. One day, Champion is mysteriously kidnapped, along with two of his fellow Tour de France riders, by amusingly ominous members of the French mafia. In hot pursuit, Madame Souza travels to the Dionysian metropolis Belleville, where she enlists the help...