Word: spiriting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Solzhenitsyn's citation reads: The clear contemporary voice of a great literary tradition, like his heroic predecessors a courageous exponent of the unfettered human spirit...
There is such a hunger for romance, for decent emotions, that people will probably go to see this film despite its vulgar ineptitude. But it is a shame that the romantic spirit should, these days, be the first refuge for the charlatan, the last for honest craftsmen...
...first few years were difficult. Miro continued to paint farm scenes inspired by his native Spain that were realistic on the surface yet almost nightmarishly intense in spirit. Ernest Hemingway bought a huge work entitled "La Ferme," which Miro had toiled over for nine months in a studio with no heat and broken windows. Poverty was hardly romantic: Miro could only afford one lunch a week; on the other days he ate dried figs and chewed gum. For the "Carnaval d'Arlequin," one of his early masterpieces, he made many drawings...
...spirit in Winthrop House has changed quite a bit" since the Hutchisons became co-masters, Davis Dyer, assistant to the Master, said, adding that they selected a "fine tutorial staff" and increased the number of activities...
...shoeing or perturbed by a stranger's presence. He started to use his hands, and in his hands, horses relaxed. Whether coming from God, genes or good manners, this is the priceless gift for a jockey, the difference between wrestling a horse around a track, only to blunt his spirit for the run, and rating him kindly, handily, through the pace, while conserving enough of his energy for the stretch drive. Steve had the gift even before he had the jockey's dream. Says Tex Cauthen: "He had horses bred in him as a small child and was a good...