Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...spirit of revolution, whose modern roots were struck in France nearly two centuries ago, reappeared with a vengeance again last week and shook the Fifth Republic of Charles de Gaulle. It began with rebellious students, but it spread with ominous speed through the ranks of France's workers, creating a tempestuous alliance that often before has had explosive consequences. The situation was serious enough to cause the Premier of France, Georges Pompidou, to declare on nationwide television that the rebels were bent on "destroying the nation and the very foundations of our free society." It became grave enough...
...problem is curable, the cure is likely to be found somewhere at that level: in a lot of little efforts by lots of people. The law is now a powerful force for human rights. But it cannot be truly effective without the strength and staying power of the human spirit...
Small equestrian figures are prevalent in village shrines, in part because of the horse's aristocratic connotations and in part for his mystical significance: his fleet hoofs are believed to bear riders safely to the spirit world. The cat is held in reverence by the Bengalis of Calcutta because it is the bahana, or mount, of Shashti, the Bengalese goddess of fecundity. Brightly colored Kalighat paintings of cats were made by street painters for sale to pilgrims to Calcutta's Temple of Kali. One of the most impressive objects is a brass figurine from Orissa; it shows...
...Winning Spirit...
...Harding is the title song. The hero is a cowboy (your standard American mythology) who is always trying to do right (read: seeking truth). The song doesn't complete a story; we never learn what he wants or what happens. Dylan has just identified his character to be the spirit of the album--the truth seeker...