Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...occupation has burned deep into the Arab spirit and bred hatred, apprehension and frustration. The presence of the Israelis along the Canal is a constant reminder of the superiority of the Arabs' foe and ? what is far harder for the Arabs to bear ? of their own continuing inferiority and impotency despite their greater numbers of people, planes, tanks, guns and resources. All of this has fed a growing, fatalistic conviction within Egypt that the rapidly hardening status quo in the Middle East can be broken only by another war ? even though most Egyptians do not want...
...first staff meetings after becoming managing editor of LIFE in 1961, George Hunt cited one of his goals: "We must revive the spirit of Lincoln Steffens." LIFE soon exposed corruption in the New York State Liquor Authority, and its articles led to the conviction for bribery of L. Judson Morhouse, one of the state's leading politicians. Since then, LIFE has published dozens of investigative stories, including revelations about the machinations of the Mafia, the racket of doctors who take advantage of fat women with reducing programs, and the unsavory acquaintances of former Missouri Senator Edward V. Long...
...AVANT-GARDE spirit is in the most general sense a reaffirmation of the sanctity of irreverence. Precisely because its challenges are so dramatic on one level and yet so familiar on another, it draws strength from an inescapable tradition. Igor Stravinsky, almost certainly the century's greatest composer and one who moved independently of the orthodox avant-garde, more a less stated this tradition in his Poetics of Music...
...LOVES OF ISADORA. Vanessa Redgrave performs magnificently as Isadora Duncan, that quintessential free spirit of the early 20th century. Director Karel Reisz starts at the end of Isadora's life and works backward and sideways to achieve dramatic contrast, but the script lacks a unifying point of view...
...little more of a challenge since the Bulldogs topped Dartmouth, 7-5. Unfortunately, Brian Dowling plays baseball, and the Elis are weak at midfield. A team with sub par middies rarely does well. Yale is conforming to this rule, but reports indicate that the boys have a lot of spirit. Harvard plays Dartmouth Saturday, and the match against Yale is a week later at home...