Word: forcefullness
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Without doubt, the book has the unmistakeable sound of real people talking, but it never covers the range of emotion a book told only in dialogue needs. All the characters except one Chicago judge are blunt and direct in a way not all politicians and politicians lovers are--at least...
Died. Lieut. General John W. ("Iron Mike") O'Daniel, 81, commander of one of the first American military-assistance groups in Indochina; in San Diego, Calif. O'Daniel earned his nickname after surviving a German bullet that passed through his left cheek during World War I. A scrappy...
First Night. All of this is good, but no more so than the peace of empty days after a lifetime full of crowded ones. Indeed, the most touching sequence in the film is Clara's first night in the hospital. She wonderingly explores her spacious, airy room, sits down...
One of the most forceful statements in opposition came years ago from an illustrious Union alumnus, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was executed by the Nazis. "God has reserved to himself the right to determine the end of life, because He alone knows the goal to which it is His will to...
It is all well and good for a critic to try to create a climate of acceptance for the kind of art that fits his nature and associations. But for him to go out of his way to denigrate the success and poison the esteem of a wide audience for...