Word: passion
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lives were not Ritter tracked these men down and talked with them about their game, their lives and their country. The results are almost verbatim accounts, with some editing to enhance the book's readability. The results are also incredible, for not only was Ritter able to evoke the passion that is so unique to this sport, but he was also able to evince lively tales leeming with anecdotes, brimming with poignant memories and some homespun thought in the bargain...
...person who didn't care about what this stuff was about would write a report and let it go at that," says Simon, who worked with Bok in the Army. "That's what most people in the Pentagon did. But he persevered with a moral passion and changed a lot of bad rules...
...There's a moral passion in that book that had to rub off any children that sat around the Bok table," says Aloian, the director of the Harvard Alumni Association...
...Shaw's heroes are men of moral passion." (English...
...SUNDAY IN THE COUNTRY. A gentle old painter (Louis Ducreux) tries one summer Sunday to reconcile family responsibilities with a renewed passion for his art. In this hugely affecting miniature, Director Bertrand Tavernier illuminates the twilight of a man's life with the colors of compassion...