Word: poignantly
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...final scene of “Prefontaine,” perhaps the most poignant film ever made about Steve Prefontaine, Coach Bill Bowerman ends his heart-wrenching eulogy about the great distance runner’s career by saying: “Pre ran every race like it was his last. Well, this is his last. This is the bell lap for Steve Prefontaine.” The camera then cuts to a hearse driving around the track of at Oregon’s Hayward Field while a chant of “Pre! Pre! Pre!” crescendos...
...Seth releases his latest foray into a new genre: a memoir titled Two Lives, which tells the true story of how his Indian granduncle Shanti fell in love with and married a Jewish-German woman after World War II. The book will weave together history, race and love, mixing poignant family biography with personal memoir, all with the author's inimitable style. Expect Seth to master yet another method...
...rosy image of Zionism. That picture, however, is painted with the blood and tears of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees, people who were forcibly evicted from their homes by Zionists. You should have had more balanced reporting. Waqar Haque Houston "The Settlers' Lament" was one of the most poignant and moving articles I have ever read. That the Israeli government has ignored the pleas of its own citizens is disgusting. The courageous Gaza settlers deserve kudos for resolutely staying on in the face of immense hostility. Those poor souls have paid for their right of abode with their families...
...that insinuates most. Even the early-'90s Jaguar his nouveau-riche "businessman" drives was chosen by Neill, who used legal contacts to get in touch with underworld figures for research. But it is the character behind the fa?ade that Neill articulates best. In one of the film's most poignant scenes, the Jockey, who is estranged from his wife and secretly gay, thanks his henchman for his "trust and discretion." Here it is as if Neill is conspiring directly with the audience. "Every sleaze is also a human being," says the actor. "I look for the humanity and maybe even...
...Many of the young people echoed an appreciation for the clarity and candidness of Benedict's sermons. His explanation Sunday for how the Eucharist was born in the death of Jesus is both plain and poignant. "What is happening? How can Jesus distribute his Body and his Blood? By making the bread into his Body and the wine into his Blood, he anticipates his death, he accepts it in his heart and he transforms it into an action of love. What on the outside is simply brutal violence, from within becomes an act of total self-giving love." Still, however...