Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...formal court hearing of their case, and that mere threat of publicity proved enough. Reporter was put back on the newsstands. The parliamentary cultural committee added its salute to defiant journalism by adopting a resolution specifically commending the Czechoslovak radio for its dramatic invasion broadcasts. And as always, the spirit of resistance found voice in wry Czechoslovak humor, notably in a cartoon that took a poke at all the new "temporary" Soviet-dictated restrictions. It shows one man winding up to punch another and explaining: "I am going to belt you in the mouth temporarily...
...Falangist Establishment: mayors, provincial deputies, civil service employees, labor bigwigs, army officers and a sprinkling of businessmen. But in the twelve months since it took office, Spain's most representative group of public officials has taken to the business of government with precisely the kind of independent spirit that Strongman Franco tried to weed out in advance. The new Cortes members (called family Deputies because they were elected by male and female heads of families) have repeatedly raised issues with the slavishly pro-Franco majority on key legislation. Convinced that Franco's pledge of "democratic evolution" should come...
...discern several distinct phases in the stylistic evolution of the Beatles. Rubber Soul (1966) was the last album of their archaic period, blending the best kind of rock naivete with a mastery of simple forms. Sgt. Pepper (1967) represents the Beatles at their classic moment, fusing the pop spirit and an astoundingly eclectic range of sounds into a harrowing but harmonious whole. Their double-disk album called simply The Beatles, which has just been released in the U.S.,* may well be interpreted as an example of the group in a mannerist vein. Skill and sophistication abound, but so does...
...bolstering that grant with $900,000 from the pocketed dimes of children as well as the black gold of oil, the people of Houston have much more to show for the money than a structure of civic pride. They have that unique treasure, a native home of the spirit...
...Beatles stayed away from the blues for so long because they were incapable of it disappears after "Yer Blues." Lacking a guitar virtuoso like Jeff Beck or Clapton, the Beatles have fashioned their own version of the medium, a kind of pop-blues that is faithful to the spirit and style of the real blues. It is so exciting to hear the Beatles play the blues that one is tempted to wish that they might fully commit themselves...