Word: spiriting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Rudolph Valentino was among the most put-upon of movie stars. Forced to live in-and with-a screen persona that could not have been at wider variance from his true spirit; bearing the crushing load of fame in an era unfamiliar with violations of privacy; bewildered by two absurd marriages and harassed by studio bosses intent on protecting their "property" at the expense of the man, he provides the stuff of primal screen drama...
William Lewis '79, a second-year Viking, said yesterday's banquet "corresponds with traditional harvest festivals in which Norwegian people would build up spirit to maintain themselves throughout long and cold winters...
that reach the spirit...
...attempting to make affirmative action truly work will go unresolved. But the Supreme Court must uphold the right of the U.C. Davis special program to exist, for it appears clear that both the intent and the effect of the program has been to act according to the spirit and principles of affirmative action, rather than to mechanically impose rigid quotas. Finally, the justices should sieze the opportunity to re-educate the public with the premises, instrumentalities and continued social necessity of affirmative action-because only with a common understanding of its purpose will we be able to carry...
...people more than reliefs of buxom goddesses, while others may be drawn to metal worked laurel wreaths used to honor the dead. And especially interesting is a silvered-iron mask of a man's face with rough cast-iron "hair" made in the first century A.D. More spontaneous in spirit is the bronze "Horseman" cavorting, only three inches high yet painstakingly, masterfully fashioned. Ostentation, heroism, eroticism and plain whimsy--all are here. Collections of such variety are rare indeed. Veritable treasures...