Word: outlawful
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Indeed, so powerful has that image been that one sometimes forgets how splendid he has been as a character actor. The military martinet of Fort Apache, the cold-eyed outlaw of Once Upon a Time in the West, even the hilariously befuddled herpetologist "Hopsy" Pike of The Lady Eve-they all light up in one's memory as the spirit that animated them flashes in Fonda's eyes. Without raising his voice he gives a bravura performance as he moves from depressed withdrawal to momentary rages, from the struggle to express affection to the struggle not to express...
There may be more to it than that. Perhaps folk tales are so enduring because now, as in the days of outlaw heroes and headless horsemen, legends endow life with the mystery, awe and romance that make it endurable. Or perhaps folk tales, old and new, urban and rural, are so full of life themselves that they will not lie still in their graves. Consider the modern classic about the woman in Ohio (or was it Oregon? or Maine?) who is doing the laundry in her basement when she impulsively decides to remove her soiled dress...
...maintains through all the years his proud, patient detachment from the tumult created by his mates. He sits, smiling behind his humble drum kit, clearly amazed that he, or any other grown man, can do this sort of thing for a living. In contrast, Richards gradually develops into the outlaw rocker he always knew he was, even when he kept his hair clipped short and wore a cardigan sweater during performances...
...adventurer. Returning to Corsica during the first year of the Revolution, he tries in vain to persuade the government to ally itself with France. Declared an outlaw, he snatches the Tricolor and rides toward the coast, chased by troops through the Corsican countryside. He clambers aboard a small boat with no oars and no sail; hoisting the Tricolor, he sets sail for France...
...impact of the Cairo tragedy softened, so did the language. Both Haig and Egyptian officials on closer examination declared that direct Libyan involvement seemed unlikely. But Libyan jubilation over the killing heightened U.S. perceptions of Egypt's next-door neighbor as an outlaw state and an increasingly bothersome trouble spot. Said a U.S. State Department official: "Libya is beginning to rival the Persian Gulf as the focus of strategic concern in the region. Now that Egypt, the only certain counterweight to Libya, is under a cloud, that concern can only increase...