Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...conceal the pain with which I leave the court after three years of service. It has been the richest and most satisfying period of my career," he said. "Throughout my life I have been deeply committed to the rule of law. The law gives form and substance to the spirit of liberty and to mankind's sacred stir for justice. It now comes that the President has asked me to join in the greatest adventure of man's history-the effort to bring the rule of law to govern the relations between sovereign states. It is that...
...companion named Max Demian. Demian is a boy, but he has "the face of a man, superior and purposeful, lucid and calm, with knowing eyes. Yet the face had something feminine about it too, and was somehow a thousand years old. He was different, like an animal or a spirit or a picture, unimaginably different from the rest...
...least seven states, and 3) won the votes of at least 3% of the electorate. In all likelihood, the result will be that only the five biggest parties in the country will survive. Such reforms, says a top member of the Electoral Court, "should give a new, more democratic spirit to our parties. They will no longer be run by a clique of six or seven." Given Brazilian politics, that remains to be seen...
...removed from the usual professional pressures. Many turn down lucrative offers so that they can spend the season at Marlboro playing neglected or unknown works by famous and lesser-known composers. Serkin describes Marlboro as "the accumulation of great talents who inspire each other without competition in a spirit of unselfishness-which is not only rare but idealistic...
...applauding audience of Bernstein fans loved it. The critics were less enthusiastic, but respectful. "Extremely direct and simple-and very beautiful," said the New York Times. But to some sophisticated ears, it was only a skillfully composed travesty of religious sentimentality that plucked the heart strings but left the spirit untouched. Explained Bernstein, "I feel that it is my simplest and most direct composition. It's very difficult to write tonal music in this age of dodecaphonics, and I'm stuck with being a tonal composer...