Word: spirit
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...Brien ’07, second-in-command for Quincy, the members of the three war councils became good friends. “None of us really wanted to back-stab the other. It was that simple,” he said. Participants said the game also built spirit within individual Houses. “I love the fact that we rose out of the ashes—a lot of people expected us to die within a few turns,” said Yomari Chavez ’07, a member of the Leverett war council...
...here, and I don't think I'll be sliding Bug into my DVD player on a regular basis in the future. But still, there is a conviction here that (a) transcends any attempt to categorize the film generically and (b) challenges the lax, we're-just-kidding-around spirit of most American movies (see, or rather don't see Grindhouse, for example). Like it or not, Bug takes you deep into the realm of abnormal psychology. Like it or not, it is a serious movie, very possibly Friedkin's best. In any case, it almost literally itched this reviewer...
...religious enemies in pursuit of a common goal. Falwell, who died May 15, didn't care that Jimmy Carter was a Bible-believing Baptist if he still had the soul of a Democrat or that Ronald Reagan was a divorced cinemactor, as long as he was a kindred political spirit. At a time when you couldn't always get two Baptists of different stripes to work together on a bake sale, Falwell founded the Moral Majority on the argument that fundamentalist Christians, Orthodox Jews, conservative Roman Catholics and Mormons had so much in common politically that they should overlook their...
...Rising Spirit Bend your right knee and extend your left leg. Join your hands in peaceful submission, lift your face to the heavens and...what’s that? Is that a...OH FUCK, a pigeon just shat on my face, oh man that is DISGUSTING...
...that reason, Cariocas (as Rio's residents are known) have overlooked some of Romario's other less appealing qualities - the string of ex-wives and paternity suits; the frequent insulting of and occasional attacks on fans, players and coaches; the lack of anything resembling team spirit or a work ethic, and the undisguised selfishness on the field. Instead, they have filled stadiums in the hope of seeing his 1,000th goal, and those that can't make it to the ground have crowded around TV sets in bars and homes...