Word: fatalism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...turned out to be a 75-minute work of massive and somber effect, full of vocal know-how and modern coloration, but weak in dramatic contrast. In most of the first act Joan prepares for her fatal final appearance before her inquisitors, and a kindly priest beseeches her in mellow song to temper her heresy. Its moment of pathos comes near act's end, as Joan refuses to exchange her male clothes for a dress, and the episode closes with music of real poignance. Act II moves more swiftly as Joan clashes violently with Bishop Pierre Cauchon, the only...
From the moment the Earth's inverted flying lamp-shade lands on this planet, Altair 4, and its crew have settled themselves ("Wotta place! Just another one of those new planets--no beer, no women, no pool parlor"), Dr. Morbius, a twenty-year resident, begins his fatal battle of the Super Ego versus Id. Although he professes to be a gallant humanitarian at the outset, by the end of the picture we are convinced that he is a person just like ourselves: an intelligent egomaniac who wants only one thing in life--to have his own little planet...
...Dakota's cantankerous, caterwauling U.S. Senator William Langer, 69, a longtime (40 years) member of the N.P.L., who was elected as a Republican but often votes like a Democrat. If Bill Langer remains a Republican, he will lose strong support in the N.P.L., a loss that could be fatal; if he switches to the Democratic side, he will lose seniority in the U.S. Senate. At week's end, for once, North Dakota's "Wild Bill" Langer had made no statement...
...long list of artists to suffer the fatal derision of Nazi Germany was one of Germany's greatest sculptors, Ernst Barlach. He died in 1938, shunned by his townspeople, condemned (falsely) as a Jew and Bolshevik. His work, based on the centuries-old tradition of wood carving and German Gothic art, was banned as "degenerate" and typical of "the passive Slav soul...
...Britain should turn all her energies to these weapons. Her best and most energetic young men should be assigned to organize her publicity. Tell them the truth -good and strong and loud. Truth is fatal to dictators and racketeers. Give it to them straight from the shoulder...