Word: lightness
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...December 12, Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi said of the suffering endured by his country, “There is light at the end of the corridor.” Indeed, there might be; it’s just not at the end of the corridor we’re currently walking down. The Iraq Study Group report confirms what is obvious: The course of action we are on is the wrong one and demands alteration. The Bush administration should heed the advice of the Baker commission’s report and begin to gradually and systematically withdraw troops...
...premise for the production, so don’t expect any character development or thinly disguised Moulin Rouge references as in other Killers music videos. You shouldn’t expect anything beyond cheesy costumes and fuzzy shots of randomly assorted holiday decorations, which is quite a relief in light of the band’s previous, overwrought videos...
...novel’s quotation from Goethe’s “Theory of Colors” indicates the genesis of Chevalier’s characteristically cerebral style: “As yellow is always accompanied with light, so it may be said that blue still brings a principle of darkness with...
...Isabelle gazes upon her village church’s statue of the Virgin Mary in the novel’s opening scene, she exhibits her ability to perceive beauty in the everyday interplay of light and shadow: “Isabelle stared up at the Virgin, the blue behind the statue faded but with a power still to move...
...rather than ending on a sobering note of subjection to historical conditions, the epilogue closes the novel with a final incarnation of the color blue. Isabelle is at a crossroads, questioning whether to go forward, back, or remain where she is. A“blue light surrounds her, giving her solace for the briefest moment.” Blue ultimately represents the ability of Chevalier’s luminous prose to capture the beauty of the fleeting moments in her heroines’ lives...