Word: poignant
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...Forum, transformed into a rapper known as “Hollaman” to follow the somewhat comic duo with socially informed rap, targeting issues concerning politics and the status of African-Americans in society with his words. He touched on this theme in one of his more poignant lyrics, “Bush wants to talk about terror / Baltimore’s got 300 murders a year with no Al Qaeda...
...them as criteria we might as well admit it so that we can talk about and refine our approach. More or less the same goes for the meaning of the work. I think it may actually be uncannily appropriate to have an art show that reminds us of the poignant nostalgia at MIT, an institution which clearly plays a major role in the never ending technological revolution of our time. But this kind of deeply contextual meaning isn’t something we’re used to talking about in art, and if nothing else Thoughts Unsaid, now Forgotten...
...innocent soldier, Manech (Gaspard Ulliel), has been exiled to no-man's-land by his superiors and is presumed dead. His fianc--lovely, crippled Mathilde (Amlie's Audrey Tautou)--does all she can to find him. It's a fable of the noblest obsession, reflected in Tautou's poignant brown eyes. But it's just a part of Jeunet's grand, sad and comic panorama, which wants you to know everything about every character...
...many have expressed a complicated compassion for the Marine and the insurgent, some have posted death threats against Sites, accusing him of betraying the Marines by sharing the footage. The accusation stands in vivid contrast to Sites' blog, which shows his clear affection for the troops. He had posted poignant portraits of Marines, and their relatives had thanked him in a message board linked to the site. "Mr. Sites, my son sent me your site so I could see what he is going through," wrote a mother the day before the footage aired. "Thank you for your courage...
Coupled with the hand-crafted marionettes, the blobular form is a poignant analogue to Corbusier’s earlier fusion of organic forms and Modernist rigor in the Carpenter Center’s design—the result of the University’s mid-century hope that an increased presence of the arts would counter the increasingly mechanistic tenor of society...