Word: poetically
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Hollywood's depiction of the West, of course, has always changed according to the times. In the years before and after World War II, westerns were poetic, patriotic odes to the frontier spirit. In the 1950s, westerns like High Noon served as allegories through which contemporary social issues could be played out. During the Vietnam era, the genre turned more cynical and ambiguous, reflecting doubts about America's might and the morality of violence...
...subtle type, I guess I wouldn't worry about what your partner is going to think let's hope they're understanding. But you might try more eloquent phrasing. On the other hand, maybe your partner I wouldn't do it will point out to you a more poetic way of phrasing your love, which might lead to something. Yours is certainly an original approach if perhaps childish; if it doesn't work you could always ask your partner out to coffee...
...meaning condemned to wander forever. Whilesearching for the magic horse, he rides into theworld of the imagination, where the dimensions oftime and space lose their conventionalsignificance. Transformed into a vampire thatdrinks horse's blood, he travels in antiquity. Hebecomes a prophet and a slave before climbingMount Olympus. The exceptional poetic images erasethe line between reality and fantasy...
...gypsies, the story dealswith the protagonist who is "balamos," meaningcondemned to wander forever. While searching forthee magic horse, he rides into the world of theimagination. Transformed into a vampire thatdrinks horse's blood, he travels in antiquity. Hebecomes a prophet and a slave before climbingMount Olympus. The exceptional poetic images erasethe line between reality and fantasy...
What amazes one about the development of political change in Eastern Europe, and especially in Czechoslovakia, is how the intellectuals and their poetic sensibilities of truth became a public force in the political arena. This is a noteworthy book about a remarkable man in a remarkable time. Given the unimaginable nature of the challenges of Vaclav Havel's life, it would have been difficult for Kriseova to write anything besides a fairy tale, in which, at the last, good wins out over evil...