Word: soulfully
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...paper. But in Willie's relentless, utterly insatiable appetites there is something beyond the powers of political commentary or literary criticism to convey. It is much more than a conventional ambition, a presidential dream. Lots of men entertain that fantasy. What drives him is an unacknowledged anarchy of the soul. There is no reason why Willie must possess aristocratic Anne Stanton (Kate Winslet), daughter of the state's last great Governor and the woman Burden has impotently loved his entire life. It is just that she is there--blond, vulnerable and an all-too-symbolic representative of the class...
OUTSIDER DJ SHADOW IN THE SMALL pond of sampled instrumental electronic music, DJ Shadow (Josh Davis) isn't just the big fish; he's the only fish. Perhaps recognizing that the water is getting a little brackish, Shadow varies the formula on his latest with a folk ballad, a soul jam and a delicate guitar symphony as emotional as a telenovela. (¡Qué dramático!) His more conventional hip-hop tracks pose no threat to commercial radio, but they're perfect platforms for Bay Area rappers Keak Da Sneak and Lateef the Truth Speaker to say the things Shadow...
...China's Soul" [Aug. 28], on the growth of Christianity in China, said that house churches are "one of China's few bulwarks against government power" and implied that Chinese Communist Party control over religion might be relaxing. But the party infiltrates many social networks. China is a country where politically incorrect websites are routinely shut down, where the government uses text messages as warnings against public demonstrations and has a history of using neighbors to spy on one another. Can Chinese Christians really think that Big Brother isn't watching them pray as well...
...national army, the updf, return from the bush to their homes or the defended camps, they are asked to perform a simple ceremony, stepping over branches of local trees and crushing an egg placed next to the wood. The procedure, the people claim, cleanses the soul, banishing spirits that enter the body when a person kills. Water poured in front of fighters' homes signifies that they are being welcomed back by their families. Even those northern Ugandans who don't believe in spirits can recognize the power of banishing a community's demons if it means a chance to share...
...Pushed beyond their usual performance tics, Scacchi, Friels, Mailman and Long are virtually unrecognizable. They not only get under the skin and muscle of their characters-none more so than the previously lightweight Long-but reveal the fragile sinew connecting body to soul. And in a film so obsessed with attempts to control the human form's direction and desire, it is the mind that emerges the strongest muscle of all. Can there be such a thing as a cerebral cinematic dance? Yes, when the choreographer is as clever as Kokkinos in turning prose poetry into the magisterial mystery...