Word: fisted
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What struck me most about "The Lion King" was that of Disney's recent string of blockbuster animated movies, it is the fist which I think will be better received by men than women. "The Lion King," unlike "Beauty and the Beast," "The Little Mermaid," and "Aladdin" has a male protagonist and is not, as the other three films were, essentially a romance. All four movies are, of course, imbued with the overriding, hallmark Disney morality themes of good versus evil, etc. But "The Lion King" is the first to focus on the relationship between a father...
Though Mandela may be a natural mass leader, he does not exhibit all the attributes associated with such charismatic figures. Yes, Mandela may plunge into ecstatic crowds at rallies, pump hands, give the clenched-fist A.N.C. salute and dance a few steps of the toyi-toyi. But when he begins to speak, the cheers usually turn into a good-natured but puzzled silence. Not for Mandela the soaring metaphors of Martin Luther King or the rhyming aphorisms of Jesse Jackson; he addresses his audiences in the sober, didactic style of an organic-chemistry professor...
MacLeod was outside Viktor Verster Prison in 1990 when Mandela walked out to freedom, clenched fist raised high. Last December he flew with him to Oslo when Mandela accepted the Nobel Peace Prize. Those were great public moments, but McLeod has some private memories too. "On a campaign trip he stopped at a home for disabled children. Some kids were singing, and instead of moving on, he went into their classroom and joined them in the song. Before he left, he singled out a little black girl and bowed so low that he could softly bump her forehead with...
Hookers and fist-fights are his highlights...
...early April, Cobain decided to add a powerful twist to the rock and roll tragedy. His faceless corpse was found in his Seattle home--along with a clenched fist, a shotgun and a suicide note. Cobain even left his driver's license next to his body, apparently to quell any confusion about murdered and murderer. In this case, Cobain was both...