Word: steedly
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...white liberals was circumscribed by the rise of black nationalists, who suspected that Northern whites were as eager to put their own virtue on display as to seek self-determination for Southern blacks. After all, the Shaw monument portrays the young colonel with his patrician features, astride his prancing steed, while his swarthy soldiers follow obediently. As the 20th century moved toward its close, most American blacks no longer saw this as the model for relations between the races...
...cute kids, their mother dead, their father sunk in despair. A splendid white horse who adopts them. Cruel adults who try to separate boys and steed. A comical-adventurous attempt by the innocents to escape their wicked -- or at least unfeeling -- oppressors...
...lighting. He presents a vision of simplicity and common sense, the antithesis of the world inside the palace of the Beast, where fantasy reigns supreme. There, candelabra are held by human hands protruding from the walls, a magical mirror contains the visage of a beloved and an enchanted white steed roams the halls. The palace in the midst of the dark woods is a creation straight out of the work of Gustave Dore. Christian Berard's sets and makeup, the music of Georges Auric and the peerless cinematography of Alekan make the Beast's domain more real than reality itself...
...truth, however, is that no white knight is about to come save the Democratic party. And the public is unlikely to be enthusiastic about anyone who comes riding up on a steed this last in the game. Americans may have mixed feelings about charisma, but they routinely dismiss people who don't stick it out and fight. Clinton is admired for his staying power, if for noting else...
...Team captain Phillips thus drew the honor of accepting the medal from his wife, who is president of the International Equestrian Federation. The team gold in the event went to West Germany, and the individual gold was won by New Zealand's Mark Todd, who, along with his trusty steed Charisma, repeated an L.A. gold- medal performance. "Charisma just rose to the occasion," said the former dairy farmer, who announced that the horse will soon enter a pampered retirement...