Word: heroic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...disobedience and used it as a weapon against three powerful forces: first in the fight against racial intolerance in the Union South Africa from 1906 to 1915; then in the struggle against the British which lasted until independence in 1947; and finally, until his assassination in 1948, in an heroic and saintly attempt to bring peace out of the bloody Hindu-Muslim riots over the partition of free India. As the forger of this non-violent sword, Gandhi offers important lessons to those in this country who now are continuing his struggle...
...thing So Little Time seems to imply at the end is that it is impossible for a spectator to tell whether the separate acts of the two were "heroic" or "cowardly," and that the courageous ones may come from a confusion of motives that can't be stated. The trouble with the movie is that it tries to make the statement, explicitly...
...Bolingbroke he achieves tragic stature. D.J. Sullivan's interpretation of Richard captures the weaknesses of the man but does not sufficiently emphasize his final strength. His impression of the king is correctly fickle and full of self-pity, yet at the end Richard emerges more intense and nervous than heroic...
...usually come from reliance on words and symbols already tried and accepted in the consciousness of a people. Both erudition and genius are necessary to utilize be the full potential of this tradition in both language and myth, Tolkien has been able to set forth his story in a heroic style not only appropriate but effective. His chapter endings are indicative...
Khrushchev's propaganda push for the Virgin Land has made it a favorite front-page subject in Pravda, a heroic subject for Soviet moviemakers, and the inspiration for at least two Moscow plays. But since Russian playwrights have also been instructed to get more credible realism into their turgid propaganda drama, the exhortations have been marked by some surprising candor...