Word: joyful
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Although it unfolds with all the excitement of a weather forecast, Flowers does have a plot. To his immense joy, Christos discovers his very own valiant wounded soldier in hiding, a Greek Christian. The soldier is as serious-minded as the young man, and the two share many a deep, rousing talk about the motherland whenever Christos perilously comes over to treat his wounds and learn about the fight first hand. Surprisingly, even though the soldier orders Christos not to help him or go to war, both of which can be considered terrible betrayals, the boy remains steadfast...
...American experience, Johan Padan is an account of all the world’s horrors. On stage, conquering Spaniards gleefully enslave, exploit, kill and mutilate natives, their consciences free from guilt because the natives have no souls. Natives, in turn, enslave, kill and eat Christian prisoners with equal joy...
Like all great critics of capitalism, he is a dedicated materialist—dedicated, that is, to the joy of the material world. He takes immense pleasure in the shape, texture, taste, smell and mere existence of things. Nowhere is Fo more at home than in his exuberant account of the physical world. So deep is his love for all things physical that the idea of property seems repulsive—simply to experience the world should be joy enough...
...chart, you tell us that it's "time to forgive" them for their party anthem Shout [PEOPLE, Aug. 27]. Is forgiveness required for the sin of producing one of the most justifiably popular, ebullient and long-lived hits of the '60s? Should we forgive Beethoven for his Ode to Joy? SALLY FRENKEL New York City...
...Mendelson, with her graceful, witty best seller on making a house a home, has made it acceptable for a generation of women and men to come out of the (uncluttered) closet. It is O.K. to find joy in a full refrigerator, an empty hamper and clean, well-lighted rooms. Just as it took Nixon to go to China, it took a lawyer (she graduated from Harvard) and philosopher (she has a Ph.D.) to legitimize housework. Mendelson once believed that only chumps did not order in, contract out or let it go as they pursued being buff, polished and ready...