Word: spiriting
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...blend the African-American experience with the classical tradition in terms of spirit freedom of expression, and spontaneity of thought," Fox said. "I'm trying to combine the freedom of a great performer, such as Yo- Yo Ma ['76] or Billie Holiday, with the classical tradition. I'm trying to write this freedom into my compositions...
...just getting started. We have much familiar hardship and vile torment to go. Not to mention the inevitable triumph of the human spirit. One day Adrienne Pargiter (Glenn Close) and Margaret Drummond (Pauline Collins) get to humming the theme from a symphony. The former once studied music seriously; the latter is a missionary who knows how inspiring a good tune can be when you're in the dumps. Or trying to survive in one. Soon enough the prisoners form a symphonic chorus, which sings wordless versions of great orchestral works. Even the more selfish and cynical prisoners--among them recent...
...spirit of "within reason," Dartboard would like to offer Mayer ten kernels of advice for improving the Harvard dining experience...
...would these teams choose to ally with Radcliffe instead of Harvard? Because Radcliffe provides a community of women considered, not in relation to Harvard, but as a separate entity. These teams explicitly choose to maintain the Radcliffe name in the spirit of women's achievement and empowerment. Motivated by the ideals of athletic competitiveness, inclusion, and the development of women's leadership, Radcliffe athletics provides the undergraduate women of Harvard-Radcliffe with a unique opportunity to develop as athletes and as individuals...
Wills notes that Wayne conducted his career cautiously, and one suspects that, like the Old West itself, Wayne was a large, empty space needing to be filled in. This task was largely undertaken by his powerful mentor, John Ford, a director whose sentimental pictorialism masked a mean and primitive spirit. Wills devotes almost as much space to him as he does to Wayne, yet never notices that Ford romanticized not far-darting freedom but stolid dutifulness. He and Wayne gave it near tragic dimensions in the great They Were Expendable, a terrible obsessional quality in The Searchers. Twice (in Fort...