Word: poignant
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WINSTON CHURCHILL It is one of the 20th century's ironies that the most poignant tribute to Winston Churchill came from one of the most repugnant tyrants of our time. Toasting the British leader at Yalta in February 1945, Joseph Stalin said, "I can think of no other instance in history where the future of the world depended on the courage of one man." Without that one man, whose abhorrence of tyranny was matched by his contempt for its appeasers, the second half of the century would have become a Nazi-dominated nightmare. That the world witnessed instead the triumph...
...from the chaos of dialect, of ignorance and of setting emerges the poignant symmetry of a love triangle. In seventeen short scenes, these three characters play out their strange and beautiful love affairs unselfconsciously and without histrionics. The self-assured and bombastic Henry's awkward gift of a lipstick is completely believable, and Mae kissing Henry's mind is the most romantic moment I've encountered all semester...
Eleven verse letters to Edward Thomas, a British poet who was killed in World War I, anchor this collection of poetry. These intensely poignant letters bridge the distance of time, conveying sorrow at the loss of a talented young poet but also conveying the devastation and tragedy of war itself. Filled with hopelessness, the author of these letters is aware that Thomas will never read them, yet he cannot suppress the deep affinity he feels for this man. At times, Maxwell's reverence for Thomas is so overwhelming that he drops his detached voice of authorship and allows...
...whispers childlike rhymes, and becomes outwardly chilling and disquieting when he shouts them into the microphone. As he warmed to the crowd, Linkous occasionally cracked a smile--or did until the talking became disruptive during the quieter songs. The buzz continued unabated as he stood, eyes closed, crooning the poignant lyrics. After that, he growled without looking up: "You can talk as much as you want during this one--it doesn't even fucking matter,” then proceeded to rock out for a blistering five minutes. The noise died down temporarily, but it became apparent that many were...
...whispers childlike rhymes, and becomes outwardly chilling and disquieting when he shouts them into the microphone. As he warmed to the crowd, Linkous occasionally cracked a smile--or did until the talking became disruptive during the quieter songs. The buzz continued unabated as he stood, eyes closed, crooning the poignant lyrics. After that, he growled without looking up: "You can talk as much as you want during this one--it doesn't even fucking matter," then proceeded to rock out for a blistering five minutes. The noise died down temporarily, but it became apparent that many were not paying attention...