Word: stirring
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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PHILADELPHIA, HERE I COME! When a man buries his past, he rarely faces the future dry-eyed. But Brian Friel applies the saving sponge of humor to the Irish sentiment pouring from his play, and Dubliners Donal Donnelly and Patrick Bedford, as twin images of the hero, stir up a fine farrago of laughter and tears...
PHILADELPHIA, HERE I COME! When a man buries his past, he rarely faces the grave dry-eyed. But Brian Friel applies the saving sponge of humor to the Irish sentiment pouring from his play, and Dubliners Donal Donnelly and Patrick Bedford, as twin images of the hero, stir up a fine farrago of laughter and tears...
...moral or religious level. Unlike previous hearings, there was a notable lack of reaction from the Catholic Church. Cardinal Cushing in fact stated that "although natural law does not change, our here-and-now interpretation and awareness of it does." His refusal to oppose the amendment caused a great stir in the Catholic world. He was seconded by many liberal Catholic officials in the Boston area who articles redefining the Church's role in a pluralistic society and urged the Church not to impede non-Catholics' freedom of choice. Catholic thinking in general seemed to have changed: in a nation...
Kennedy's campaign pledge to send "the best Americans we can get to speak for our country abroad" caused an instantaneous stir across the nation. Mail cascaded into Washington. One of the first things the new President Kennedy did after taking office was to direct his brother-in-law Sargent Shriver to determine whether foreign governments were interested in receiving Volunteers...
...Beneficiaries. With people like Olivier in sympathy, the stage began to stir. In England, with the theater so rooted in tradition, the government nourished the renaissance with money. A government-appointed Arts Council had opened the cash drawers in 1946, now began spending widely; last season alone contributed more than $2.5 million for the dramatic arts. The most spectacular beneficiaries today are also the newest-the National Theater and the Royal Shakespeare Company...