Word: joyousness
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...located an apple-cheeked, appropriately aged boy named Ugen Thinley, son of a shepherd named Dondup and his wife Lolaga. Local lamas reported that at his birth rainbows had appeared and conch shells sounded, and a bird alighted on his father's tent and "sang a beautiful song." The joyous news was faxed to the Dalai Lama, who affirmed the choice with his own prophetic dreams...
South Africa no longer needs or wants a watchdog to reprimand us, but we would like to share as equals this part of our history which, despite high levels of violence, is an exciting and joyous occasion...
...considerations are no longer what make "Jules and Jim" so powerful. Instead, Truffaut's unquestionable artistry, the nakedness of the emotions his camera captured, the outstanding performances by the three leads, and the air of melancholy wisdom about life combine to make a viewing of "Jules and Jim" a joyous, painful and exhilarating artistic experience...
Happiness and hatred walk side by side on South Africa's road to democracy. Nelson Mandela wants to focus attention on the better life to come, "the historic moment when all South Africans, blacks and whites, will work together to build a new country." But while joyous crowds of African National Congress supporters chant and cheer at his every appearance, Afrikaner Resistance Movement leader Eugene Terreblanche warns of trouble to come if whites are not given their own state. Last week a visibly angry Mandela repeatedly interrupted his upbeat campaign speeches to warn that he would match violence with violence...
Finding taboos in Brazil is not easy. How many can be left in a country where homeless children are hunted by death squads? White skins still lord it over black skins, but, unlike North Americans, Brazilians have a working concept of interracial society. "All colors merge into one joyous, sun- stunned flesh-color, coating the sand with a second living skin," writes Updike of Copacabana, the beach where Tristao meets Isabel. In a gesture of courtly love, he presents her with a ring stripped from the finger of a matronly tourist. The initials on the crest are DAR (Daughters...