Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with the publication of The Spirit, Harvey swings back where the action is, and joins the comic book Renaissance started by Marvel Comics with Captain America, The Hulk and Spiderman...
Given the American combination of strength and spirit, it was historically inevitable that the U.S. should serve as a model to many nations in the world's postwar climb toward modernization and greater affluence. As models go in an imperfect world, it has been a good one. In that sense, the problem is not whether the world is too Americanized but whether it is Americanized enough: whether the many millions who have not yet been exposed to the material advantages of American society can be guided toward them without revolution and discord. Even if that happens, though, the world...
...Steal a Million is tastefully directed and competently performed, but its glossy tone somehow brushes out any forward momentum. In a film that cries for wild hilarity and a heady spirit of adventure, everything that is going to happen happens according to long-established rules of the game, from the first skittish encounter to the last eager kiss. Its old-fashioned fun looks overpracticed, becoming merely another workout for a troupe of talented professionals who do their jobs with coolly measured skill rather than warmblooded will...
...necessity, Catholics and Protestants have shared worship facilities on military bases and college campuses, but St. Mark's seems to be the first brand-new city parish that the two faiths have ever jointly sponsored. The moving spirit behind the venture is Waterman, who two years ago helped arrange a merger of his own First Presbyterian Church with a nearby United Church parish. Both churches had rundown plants and declining congregations; even together, they could barely afford the new church that Waterman felt was needed. Scouting around to see if other religious groups might be interested, Waterman eventually persuaded...
...scenery, which would be crucial to any production of the play, is successful insofar as it conveys the eccentric spirit of the author. A kiosk -- inhabited by Miss Sonnenblick of The Lesson -- and a backdrop of babies are the most effective items on a vast scenery roster...