Word: glorious
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...good, it must also be necessary, and it must be won; there is small solace in a glorious defeat. So while America presses ahead toward a vision of a new Iraq arising out of all that darkness, we're not even sure if the war has ended yet or when it will and whether we'll even recognize victory if we see it. Some have argued that Iraq's national pride and hope of moving forward depends on doing this themselves, on not having it done for them. We may want to give this great gift of freedom...
George W. Bush arrives in Europe next week to commemorate the glorious victory over fascism that began with D-day, but let's face it: this doesn't feel like a time for celebration. The 60th anniversary of the Atlantic alliance's greatest triumph comes at the lowest point in its history. The inevitable comparison--between the righteous, successful American-led invasion and occupation of Europe and the divisive, troubled American-led invasion and occupation of Iraq--will surely launch a thousand newspaper columns...
...while the vision sounds glorious for all that it contains, careful consideration of what it will necessarily sacrifice can mean only one thing: the end of Harvard athletics as even a semi-relevant segment of campus life...
Jones explores Henry's life from every possible angle, restlessly following minor characters through love stories, comedies and epic quests, skipping across decades of time and continents of space--The Known World is a glorious, enthralling, tangled root ball of a book--but always returning to the story's tragic core. Slowly, terrifyingly, it dawns on us that although Henry has his free papers, he's the product of an evil world, and his soul will never be free. When it was published last summer, Jones' book seemed like a very mature first novel. With the benefit of eight months...
...will be talking about Christ's Passion. In the U.S. alone, tens of millions will attend church and participate in services that relive the death and Resurrection of the Messiah. For a certain sector of the public, the seasonal spirit has been further enhanced by the publication of The Glorious Appearing, the 12th book in the best-selling Left Behind series, in which Jesus returns in apocalyptic judgment...