Word: regained
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...central archetype in the Western tradition: "A single visionary conception which the mind of man is trying to express, a vision of a created and fallen world which has been redeemed by a divine sacrifice and is proceeding to regeneration. In Blake's poetry. Frye sees an attempt to regain this single unified vision unadorned of all the trappings of his surrounding world. "His attitude of mind is a kind of reverent Philistinism, with a broad humor that delights to spread banana peelings in the paths of heroes, a simple pleasure in seeing the aura of sanctity around the traditional...
...convalesced at Walter Reed Army Medical Center from the stroke he suffered last New Year's Eve, iron-willed and gallant Justice William O. Douglas, 76, was frequently more optimistic about his progress than his doctors. Medical experts questioned whether he would regain use of his left leg and arm, paralyzed by the stroke (TIME, Feb. 17). Doctors were also reportedly disturbed by his mental as well as physical state. Douglas objected to a psychoneurological examination and complained about plots to kill him or remove him from the bench. Last week, six days after his return to the court...
...served as his reasonably capable Premier since December 1973, to form a new government. This task, however, did not go quite so smoothly as the long overdue sacking of Fernandez. The problem was that Lon Nol's younger brother, Lon Non, was back on the scene trying to regain a position in the government. Two years ago, under pressure from the U.S., Lon Nol sent his ruthless brother, who had become an extremely powerful palace figure, overseas as a roving good-will ambassador. The rivalry between Lon Non and Premier Boret was reportedly delaying formation of a new Cabinet...
...James Agee is a collection of remembrances by writers who play all of these roles, except perhaps the role of seriousness. All of the essays in this slim volume have appeared elsewhere (some in the Harvard Advocate) with the exception of David Madden's flawed but respectable attempt to regain the spirit of James Agee at a commemorative gathering...
...Voice. Sadat's three-front declaration was welcome to Arafat because it dealt with another part of his worries, the question of who represents Palestinians living on the third front-Jordan. If too much time passes, the P.L.O. fears that Hussein will circumvent the Rabat decision and somehow regain a voice in the eventual disposition of the West Bank...