Word: expression
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...none worse. In place of the usual black-powder noisemakers planted in the suburbs, these bombs were exploded downtown and were packed with dynamite. The provinces were not far behind. Saboteurs on horseback burned out an Agrarian Reform Institute garage in Pinar del Rio, derailed the Havana-Santiago express train at Santa Clara, fired a Havana-Santiago...
...What is it you try and do when you write? Is there anything special you want to express, any social message...
...show life as it is. If what I write is true, then there will be some social meaning in it. When I write a novel I want to express my view of life. Whether it is the right or wrong view, it apparently contains some ideas and perhaps in some of these there is some truth...
Simonov then began to describe a film which he felt had been better done, Ballad of a Soldier. As he retold the plot, his hands, which are nearly always active, became powerfully expressive. He would push his fist forward with a twisting motion, suddenly pull a chunk of space toward himself with both hands; sometimes, when he was looking for a word, he would feel the air with his fingers in a "je ne sais quoi" gesture. Then he would explain, "I can't say it. I can just express it like this, with my fingers...
...spent fifty-four years trying to learn English and I find I still have recourse to the dictionary almost every day. English.' I said, warming a little to my subject, 'is incomparably the richest language in the world. There are two or three quite distinct words to express every concept, and each has a subtle difference of nuance.' This clearly was not quite what was required. Consternation was plainly written on all the faces . . . 'What Mr. Waugh means,' said the teacher, 'is that English is very simple really. You will not learn...