Word: rousingness
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Mandela may lack the rousing, bred-in-the-pulpit style of black orators like King or Jesse Jackson. His soft-spoken manner and unflappable dignity bespeak his background as a lawyer, a single-minded political organizer and a longtime prisoner still blinking a bit in the spotlight. But Mandela's...
The European Parliament last week voted overwhelmingly to reject the project and called on Italy to withdraw its candidacy. The Parliament thereby joined its voice to those of 300 global lobbyists -- including Claudio Abbado, Giorgio Armani, Bernardo Bertolucci, Jacques Cousteau and Gore Vidal -- who have signed on as city defenders...
A rousing pounding. Led by Native Americans, Oregonians across the state will beat on drums just before noon. The thumping is meant to assure disgruntled earth spirits that mankind is still here and trying to improve the planet's condition.
He conducted very much in what Washingtonians know as the Rostropovich style: wild flailing of the arms, much tossing of the silvery head, impassioned appeals for more emotion. The audience responded with a standing ovation, rhythmic clapping, showers of carnations. For his fourth encore, Rostropovich burst out with a rousing...
A bronze equestrian statue of Czar Alexander II dominates the cobblestone square in front of the parliament building in Sofia. It was erected by grateful Bulgarians to commemorate Russian victories in 1877 and 1878 that ended five centuries of Turkish rule over the Slavic nation. Since the resignation of Stalinist...