Word: spartanism
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...because the American way simply isn't as effective as the Communist way in supporting countries abroad. I have an uneasy feeling that this may be the case. We give them the most modern arms, we emphasize the material to the exclusion of the spiritual and the Spartan life, and it may be that we soften them up rather than harden them up for the battle. On the other hand, the enemy emphasizes the Spartan life, not the material, emphasizes sacrifice and, of course, with the enormous Soviet technical help on missiles, guns, etc., they have a pretty good...
Player is renowned for his Spartan, black tournament wardrobe. He wears black for a specific purpose: "To absorb the strength of the sun." Player also derives inner strength from his faith in God. He once pontificated, "my strength is as the strength of ten because my heart is pure...
...fault lies not with Hoffman's performance, but with the movie's narrow, spartan script. The screenwriters are so eager to avoid sentimentality that they turn journalistic objectivity into a form of dramatic Novocain. As we watch Burglar Max Dembo doggedly pursue his career of luckless crime, it is impossible to feel anything but numbness. Apparently the writers believe it is enough to demonstrate that Max is a classic recidivist, trapped forever in a cycle of antisocial behavior, but they can't get off so easily. A character as alienated as Max, however realistically drawn, becomes compelling...
...raunchy comic relief there is Lavra (Lillian Evans), the self-styled former "playgirl of Moscow" from whom a few generous swigs of vodka can elicit a tipsy ode to the joys of sex. Her opposite number is prim, spartan Iva (Lenore Har ris), a dance-exercise buff who seems to revel in single blessedness until, in a passionate and poignant outburst, she reveals its lonely curse...
...spartan tastes, Begin rises at 5 to pray, eat and read the newspapers; he frequently calls editors to complain about "unfair" criticism. He is at his desk by 7. His rambling official residence in Jerusalem is almost too big for him and Wife Aliza, 57, now that two of their three children are married. They also have a Tel Aviv apartment, where he used to hold open house for friends. It is perhaps his only regret as Premier that he has had to curtail such evenings...