Word: ideals
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...army has not been subdued by Batista's 29,000 men. Part of the reason, says Castro ironically, is that the government's "soldiers are not convinced of the justice of their work." More seriously, he goes on to say: "If they had been fighting for an ideal, they could have beaten us 30 times. But no man is supposed to die for $35 a month...
...chose to depict the high moment of treachery when Judas kisses Jesus, betraying his identity to the onrushing soldiers and servants of Jerusalem's chief priests and elders. For Van Dyck, who was Peter Paul Rubens' favorite pupil, such a scene of action-packed drama was an ideal subject. He gave it all of his young mastery of whirling shapes, lurid lighting and heightened emotion...
Ever since the ancients labeled them kin to Hanuman. demigod king of the monkeys, India's monkeys have been prolific, pampered pests. But starting in 1951, when scientists discovered that rhesus monkey kidneys were ideal for making polio vaccines, hordes of the primates were lured from the Assam jungles to worthy ends in the laboratories of the world. Shipping 150,000 small brown monkeys annually to 30 countries (80% to the U.S.), India earned $3,000,000 a year in foreign exchange; four big exporters and 5,000 trappers prospered, and many airlines cashed in on the boom...
...work is done. Jesus told me that celibacy is no longer necessary." Anxious disciples wanted to know whether the marriage (the bride's identity is still secret) would make any difference to the movement. Said Zarur: "Brothers, we will go on being God's workers. Our ideal may even reach inhabitants of other planets." Other planets have shown no interest, but on this one, the Legion is enrolling new members at the rate...
...With much justice, Critic Macdonald ridicules the involved Cozzens style. With far less justice, he maintains-in a dubious bit of critical mind reading-that Hero Winner is not really the character Cozzens had meant to create; he is a prig, where Cozzens wanted to create an ideal man. In fact, Arthur Winner, like most men, is a mixed character-part righteous man, part self-righteous-and as such he will long continue to fascinate readers...