Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...embodies the neighborhood's pugnacious spirit and fierce loyalties. The emotional staying power of All Souls is boosted by MacDonald's ability to stay attached to those qualities at the same time that he describes their devastating consequences...
Good communication and that spirit of compromise have helped keep Meera's family close. That's not always the case in modern multicultural America, says sociology professor Schlesinger. The tragic irony is that many immigrants come to the U.S. in search of a better life for their children and grandchildren. But in order to achieve the goal set by their elders, the younger generation must assimilate, and when they do, they become strangers who speak a different language and live by an alien code. "The grandparent has achieved his American Dream," says Schlesinger, "but at a terrible cost." Exacerbating...
...other cheesy, feel good movies like Air Force One, predictability and corny catch lines pervade the film. Mystery, Alaska has enough quirkiness to avoid the deadly trap; scenes turn the audience upside-down with laughter, jolt them with unexpected sadness, and energize them with pride, enthusiasm and even team spirit. This Florida native seriously considered moving to a small town near the Yukon Territory to take up ice hockey after seeing the movie...
...restrict their attention to the highest echelon of couture, judging value by such indications as the ingenuity of construction, level of detail, perfection of drape and splendor of textile. Such features may be exhibited as easily on a museum mannequin as on a living person; the animating spirit is the genius of the designer. But for Hollander, while she admires seminal figures like Chanel and St. Laurent, the couturier is a minor figure...
When the cardinal's letter to Cellucci was leaked, Marshall reacted to the matter with typical spirit, class and tact. Rather than calling a press conference to respond to the matter, she simply called the cardinal and assured him that she had no anti-Catholic bias--and he took her at her word...