Word: savioring
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...birth, death, descension, resurrection and ascension of all the savior-gods, not excepting Jesus, are versions of the sun myth...
...Majestic. Abroad his arrival is anticipated with no little speculation. The United States is Europe's great creditor. Of all the European nations only England and Finland have made agreements for paying their debts to this country. "What now?"; asks Europe. And the Dusseldorfer Mittag headlined: "Mellon ? The Savior...
...short time ago a statue of Joan of Arc was dedicated at Winchester Cathedral, England, and now it stands side by side with Saxon kings and with such figures as those of Jane Austen and of Isaak Walton. The sainted savior of France has been placed in an English Church, with minor figures of English literature and history. But, although at first this act might seem incongruous, it is merely a single manifestation of what Carlyle has called "hero-worship". For the memory of the great belongs not to one nation solely, but to all humanity...
...story of Bartholow is human matter fit for the pen of James of Meredith not unlike "Modern Love" in theme and manner but Meredith devoid of ornament. Bartholow, celebrating liberation of soul and intellect, discovers late the treachery of the liberating Raven "a resident savior domiciled", serene, a hypocrite redeemed by understanding. The woman, Gabrielle, whose tragedy is just a foil for Bartholow's reveals how superficial insincerity can stultify a spirit over-prone to casual conformity, until it dies unnourished. Like a "confidant" the other character--perhaps the post--is an incongruous philosopher who talks a Latinized American appropriate...
...savior of Monte Carlo: Sir Basil Zaharoff, French citizen, British baronet, munitions salesman...