Word: quests
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Outer Dark is a morality tale that has elements of a Southern-Gothic horror story. Its main characters are involved in a quest. A newborn child, the product of an incestuous affair between a backwoods brother and sister, is abandoned by the brother and found by a passing tinker. The sister sets out on a long search for the child, and the brother obsessively pursues her, while both suffer physical and spiritual deprivations...
...people remained after the demonstration and said they would stay there until the government would either accept the six-point plan or agree to open discussion of it. During the demonstration, the bells of the Cathedral at the Zocalo were rung (with permission of the Church) to signify the quest for freedom, and a black and red flag was placed next to the Mexican flag to symbolize strike...
...Nixon could make real progress in his quest for the presidency if he keeps asking Humphrey if he cleared it with Daley...
...eyewitness to the tragic events in Prague, I was quite impressed by your report on the invasion [Aug. 30]. Despite rife rumors and communication difficulties, an accurate assessment of the situation was made. I was, however, disturbed by the article "Historic Quest for Freedom." It was misleading in passing off the history of Czechoslovakia as a history of Bohemia. No mention was made of the determination and success of the Slovaks in maintaining their national identity during 1,000 years of Hungarian domination. Because Slovak nationalism is recognized as one of the prime factors in Dubcek's rise...
...more coherent of the mul tiple story lines concerns Barnabas' quest for a bride. Since he comes out of his coffin home only after dark, he prefers supper dates, and six times has mixed his fatal business with pleasure. "The whole essence of my character," says Frid earnestly, "is guilt over my hang-up-vampirism-and my bites suffer. I envy the bites of the two other vampires. They are positively erotic...