Word: meek
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There she sat, her little chocolate-brown eyes peering up at me from a familiar-looking face. Meek, if a bit intimidated, she squeaked out a timid greeting: “I’m glad you’re ‘home...
After a four-day trial without a jury, Judge J. Calvitt Clarke Jr. needed just 15 minutes to pronounce Arthur Walker, a retired Navy lieutenant commander, guilty of espionage. He faces a maximum sentence of three life terms and a fine of $40,000. The defense called no witnesses. Meek, stooped and without his usual toupee, Walker looked more like an accountant than a spy. His lawyers tried to portray him as an innocent dupe of his aggressive younger brother. One of them told reporters, "He may have been...
This film also features two unforgettable moments with well-known actresses: Andie MacDowell’s Terri Green—Woodruff’s representation of the standard upper-class, meek, weight-concerned trophy wife—undergoes a hysterical transformation that involves some “soul food” and weight gain; and Della Reese’s short-lived cameo as the elderly, grouchy Mrs. Towner, who awkwardly removes her teeth before her haircut, is uproarious...
...easy to do God’s will, it is not easy to pray every day, it is not easy to master your own base personal desires, it is not easy to confront death without fear, and it is not easy to care for the poor, meek, and lowly; yet that is what we are called to do. The pieces of advice that Pope John Paul II offered to the world varied wildly in their popularity, yet he never once tried to sugarcoat his beliefs or to craft them in a more popular form. John Paul II saw truth...
...somehow she brings a warmth and humanity to the character—you don’t hate her at the end of the movie. Vega, star of Spanish hits Sex Y Lucia and Talk to Her, stubbornly refuses to make Flor a type character, replacing the ignorant, meek characteristics of the non-English speaking servant with nobility and confidence...