Word: spitefully
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...silent about one reign of terror in order the better to combat another one". "The world I live in," he explains, "is loathsome to me. But I feel one with the men who suffer in it." Camus began, politically and philosophically, where his generation stopped: at despair. But in spite of and in a way because of despair, he continued to rebel against Fascism, Communism, blind faith, resignation, and the universe itself--because each of them increases instead of diminishing his despair. Against Marcel, who quarreled with his choice of Spain as an example of tyranny, Camus vented an anger...
...Many of the Masters like the present system but think that it is too time consuming." Dean Monro stated: "others like this way in spite of the tremendous amount of work involved...
McCann's release leaves four Americans in Red Chinese jails. They are: ¶Roman Catholic Bishop James Edward Walsh, 69, who, after 28 years of missionary work in China, elected to stay on in spite of Communist harassment, was arrested in 1958, subsequently sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for "espionage and conspiracy." He is in a Shanghai jail. ¶John Thomas Downey, 31, and Richard George Fecteau, 33, Department of the Army civilians captured when the U.S.A.F. plane in which they were passengers was shot down in 1952 over North Korea (according to the U.S.), over Red China (according...
Speculation has arisen over the causes for Felt's departure, and reported reasons range from alumni pressure to dissatisfaction with his being bypassed when an Acting Director was chosen last term. Dean Watson was named Acting Director for the Fall, in spite of a preliminary but unconfirmed report that Felt would take over during Bolle's leave of absence to the Olympics...
...plight of Antoine Doinel could easily lend itself to appalling pathos, but Truffaut (who also wrote the screenplay) has scrupulously avoided this danger. Child-like comic effects predominate in many scenes, particularly those without adults; and realizing that in spite of his trials Dolnel can still behave like a happy and naive little boy, the viewer is made acutely aware of the wide gulf between the child and the adult. The film thus evokes a sense of frustration rather than pity...