Word: faustian
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...running an economic fever trying to end poverty and pollution, put a man on the moon and end the war in Viet Nam all at once. Is this bad? Social Ethics Professor Roger L. Shinn of Union Theological Seminary thinks that it "makes us unfortunately Faustian and more than a bit sophomoric...
...half a century of continual concertizing, he died in 1924 at the age of 58. He was, in his own words, "a weak man, yet a stout wrestler, whom doubts drive hither and thither; master of thought, slave of instinct, exhausting all things, finding no answer." A Faustian figure...
...sense of remorse"-a remorse that has been growing deeper since 1958, when Pound was released from a Washington mental institution, where he was confined for twelve years after being indicted for treason because of his pro-Fascist World War II broadcasts from Italy. Now living in Venice, the Faustian-bearded poet was spending a few days in Paris to celebrate his 80th birthday, and one of the carefully guarded things he did say was that he wants to return to the U.S. to visit his birthplace in Hailey, Idaho, some time soon...
...begins when Zorba approaches a young English writer, (Allan Bates) who is on his way to Crete to look after a mine left him by his father. Zorba pleads with the lad to hire him as an assistant, and Bates unfortunately does. They conclude a pact in true Faustian style...
...does not feel sorry for rates as he travels this Faustian road to degeneration. If a young man should have to go to ruin anywhere, Crete is a highly scenic spot to do it. The skillful photography in Zorba elaborates this point, as well as the delightful Greek music. But the acting of Anthony Quinn as Zorba remains the most persuasive part of this movie. His huge face seen often in close-up dominates the theatre. It pleads to you, it sings to you, it grimaces, laughs, it even belches at you until you are so wrapped...