Word: savely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pious carpenter (Alain Cuny), falsely confesses to the crime in order to put an end to slaughter. The soldier kills him and, in the act of killing the wrong man, is left impotent for further slaying. In the Christ-like figure of the carpenter who sacrifices himself to save another, Malaparte seems to be embodying his allegorical message of guilt and expiation...
...understand the bustle over the Coronation, Americans can still enjoy it vicariously, as one regards the family marriage of a close friend. When the radio and papers are full of royalty tomorrow, it will not be at all un-American to join six hundred million others and say, "God save the Queen," with respect and admiration...
...Princeton game. They could call it the All-Ivy Weekend, elect a queen, and hold an enormous formal that night in the Yale Bowl. Proceeds could go towards Yale's spring practice, expenses for Princeton's visiting alumni committees, and trainfare for the Harvard Band--which would play "God Save the King" at the Queen's coronation. A furtive attempt was made to transfer the Heptagonal track meet to New Haven so that all the other Ivy schools could participate. But that move ended when it was learned that not only was the meet already over, but Army, Navy...
...suburb, Nicholas was always searching for objects to attack. His three quailing sons, his disspirited wife, even the ants in his garden. At breakfast the family waited nervously for his spluttering comments on the news, alternating with loud, wet spoonfuls of porridge. He started a "Defend Britain Club" to save the country from dangerous ideas and to raise the standards of cricket...
After Montgomery had pushed him back to Tunisia, and the Americans were closing in on him from the west, Rommel flew to Germany to plead with Hitler to permit him to evacuate Africa, save what he could of his forces for the defense of southern Europe. His description of the interview...