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...bird of paradise, which has all but disappeared from East Sepik in recent years, would return and flourish...
...jeremiad with which he concludes Justice. it seems clear that he is afraid to speak for fear of what he will have to say. "Since it is the majority's fear-fear of black men, fear of crime, fear of disorder, fear even of differences-that allows repression to flourish, those who succumb to their fears are as responsible as those who make political use of them. And in the end both will suffer equally. 'For they have sown the wind and they shall reap the whirlwind.'" Richard Harris, it seems, would add to this list of fears...
Georgia O'Keeffe, L.H.D., painter. Like the desert plants you paint, you flourish in hardy surroundings, irrigating apparently barren territory with visionary insight. You have shown that great gifts can be tough and womanly, lyrical and enduring...
...professions of religiosity, that these groups are more politically involved than in any other consideration. I think I did say that this man came along talking about religion, dealing with religion, and he was met with violence. As far as I'm concerned, religion had its last opportunity to flourish or reflourish . . . when Martin Luther King was alive...
...Sparkish, Christopher Harding speaks in a falsetto and moves with a flourish which fully exploit the affectations of his role. He offers an excellent contrast to Pinchwife, played by Richard Minturn, who makes his face a sour, frowning mask that states his personality. Pinchwife is as overly protective of his wife's honor as Sparkish is negligent of Alithea's. Keeping his country wife under lock and key. Pinchwife confidently declares, "I understand the town." The audience takes enormous delight when the young, inexperienced Margery defeats the old coot, who thinks himself so wise...