Word: prided
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...elaborated with decadent exuberance in this gloomy picture of provincial life in Argentina. The bride of the film is an innocent young woman seduced and then abandoned by her lover (Francisco Rabal). Her coffin is the room in which she shuts herself forever, a prisoner of pride. Twenty years later, her lover finds what is left of her. At the sight of him, she dies of shock. At the sight of her, he shrugs-and casually seduces her innocent young niece (Elsa Daniel). As the film ends, the story seems to be beginning again...
...directing himself to the Radcliffe class, Stendahl noted that 'you have achieved a lot, and there is room for the right kind of pride." St. Paul recommended a "sober judgment." Stendahl said, "which neither brags nor is falsely humble...
...matters little, Stendahl said, what is considered as the "right kind of pride." He noted that "even the little fellow may have that which is right...
Recounting these personal details, Author Lewis also keeps track of great events-the massing of European sovereigns against Louis, the battle of Blenheim, where French military pride suffered its most decisive setback. He is persistently concerned with rectifying the long-distorted picture of Maine and Madame de Maintenon, both of whom are customarily presented as monsters of intrigue and ambition...
...Golden Mean. Perhaps the most interesting development in the new economy is that businessmen have become disillusioned with the prospect of an old-time flash boom, whose excesses have inevitably led to a slump. Businessmen now feel that a boom, like pride, sows the seeds of its own destruction; they would rather have steady, solid growth. Says Metropolitan's Fitzhugh: "It would be healthier for us if we didn't have a boom...