Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tragic grandeur of Christ Crucified both find their expression in the nude form. The nude has the strength of both immediacy and severe truth--man as he really is. And as in tragedy, this essential humanness makes him essentially divine, the sort of marvelous synthesis of the flesh and spirit that gave rise to the Palatine Anthology anecdote about Praxiteles' Aphrodite," Aphrodite said, "Where did Praxiteles see me naked...
...spent two hours discussing it with him. What was all that talk of a demilitarized Germany and a German withdrawal from NATO? How, demanded Adenauer, did this square with suggestions to West Germany that, even without sacrificing her ties with the West, she might hope to enjoy "the spirit of Rapallo" (the Russo-Germany treaty...
Respecting the Spirit. From the preamble to the end of the short (1,000 words) document, it was evident that Nasser was anxious to get business, to show himself conciliatory, and to proclaim Egypt's respect for law. The document declared Egypt's "unaltered policy and firm purpose to respect the terms and the spirit of the Constantinople Convention...
Chinese painters. For the great 5th century painter Hsieh Ho, this ability to capture ch'i, the quality of "spirit-resonance and life-movement," was the first principle of painting. The degree to which a painter succeeds in this aim is for Chinese the final criterion of his achievement...
...Spirit of St. Louis. New York to Paris with Charles A. Lindbergh: Director Billy Wilder and Actor James Stewart make a good film about a great adventure (TIME, March...