Word: savioring
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...stopped there, it might have been some kind of low, visionary masterpiece. But "beyond Thunderdome" lies only preacherly anticlimax. Cast out into the wilderness for failing to live up to Barter-town's dog-eat-dog code, Max is rescued by a tribe of lost children as the savior their mythology has promised them. When the talk drags, he leads them on a crusade of the innocents against Aunty and her crowd...
...agreed that the person who can provide opportunities for all these downtrodden men will be hailed as the savior of our age. Though I care little for the admiration of the country, I have still come up with a plan that not only solves the problem of unemployment, but that also has many other side benefits...
...couture lovers hope that Armani's first outing will prompt other Italian designers, such as Dolce & Gabbana, to attempt handcrafted lines too, bringing with them the excitement of new names. But Armani says he's not interested in being couture's knight in shining armor. "I am not the savior of anyone," he says. "No one in France needs me as a savior...
PIERCE BROSNAN In The Matador, the man we've come to know as world-savior James Bond plays a hit man with a wardrobe (Speedo with boots, gold chain) that 007 wouldn't be caught dead...
...Luke, of course, once again had his eye on the pagan world. His key term is the census. In Jesus' time, the immensely popular Emperor Augustus was setting himself up not just as the ruler but also as the semidivine savior of the world. Wherever his censuses reached, his aggressive version of the Roman civic faith followed (along with his tax collectors...