Word: magical
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...Once I explain Herakles to refugees, they are curious, but Peter does all the magic,” she says. “No one has said no. He’s infected them with belief in the project...
...less an instrument than a symbolic weapon - an ax or a machine gun aimed at the complacent pop culture of the 50s. Performing his pansexual rite to a heavy bass line, Elvis set the primal image for rock: a man and his guitar, the tortured satyr and his magic lute. He also established the androgyny of the male star. Who needed girl singers, when a guy could provide his own sexual menace, long hair, coquetry and falsetto singing...
JOHNNY UNITAS Magic on Sunday Afternoon...
...fantasy genre is, as you reported, multifaceted. The most compelling and perhaps least recognized reason is that it gives the reader a truly flexible medium in which to explore larger-than-life issues. The best fantasy is about much more than good vs. evil, the expression of magic or nostalgia for a simpler time. The greatness of The Lord of the Rings is in its exploration of the consequences of a great task that falls to an unwilling and unlikely recipient and the expression of inner strength and personal transformation that result. Tolkien succeeds by telling a tale that...
...telephone giant: he eliminated three board positions and added two division heads to give those closest to the markets more influence. He's also considering reducing DT's stake in T-Mobile USA (formerly VoiceStream) to shift some debt off the balance sheet. Investors hope Ricke can duplicate the magic he performed as DT's wireless boss in Germany, where he recaptured market leadership from Vodaphone...