Word: splendorful
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...humanism that contrasts vividly with the dry gripings of most critics. "A man becomes truly Man," he maintains, "only when in quest of what is most exalted in him. . . There is beauty in the thought that this animal who knows that he must die can wrest from the disdainful splendor of the nebulae the music of the spheres and broadcast it across the years to come, bestowing on them messages as yet unknown...
...author of this subversive piece uses every device at his command to paint a grim picture of capitalism in the person of the Sheriff of Nottingham. We are told that he lives in splendor from the immense sums he extorts from the other bourgoisic. There is the implication that he profits directly from the labors of others...
...innermost feelings-the colonel withdrew his star temporarily. "He's lost his sense of security . . . Psychologically, he doesn't like jumping indoors." Added Llewellyn: "I'm very fond of that horse, and I hate to show him where he doesn't display his regal splendor...
Then, before one can say Sartor Resartus, our hero emerges in all his flanneled splendor. As he steps forth into the bright Saturday morning sunshine, the sun reflecting off his pomaded head and his glistening shoes, it would be hard to believe that he could ever look any other...
...CinemaScope adaptation of Lloyd C. Douglas' best-selling novel is alternately impressive, faltering, and finally disappointing. Despite the magnitude of such early scenes as the Roman slave market, the dusty plains of Galilee, and the splendor of imperial Rome, this wide sweep of spectacle lacks meaning without a devout testament of faith...