Word: twentieths
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...those happy few--that band of brothers who undertake (or dream of undertaking) daring deeds while under the influence--Jimmy Buffett symbolizes the reluctance to grow up and accept traditional molds. Less a latter-day Peter Pan than a twentieth-century Southern version of Prokofiev, Buffett suffered through a lengthy period of obscurity. His peculiar style evolved out of Nashville origins, tempered and improved by Floridian and Caribbean overtones and directed by his own laid-back outlook on life. Even today, although "Margaritaville," probably his biggest hit to date, has been transformed by "The 101 Strings" into dentist-office muzak...
...narrative and frighteningly gruesome story-line for its remarkable success, the moral discussion of Earthly Powers is discursive, slow-moving and profoundly long-winded. But stomaching the more than 600 pages of Burgess's angst unveils a fascinating chronicle of homosexuality, religion and the human condition in this our twentieth century...
...lovers alike--are continually fretting over. And yet, Burgess's most absorbing and ponderous moral statements do not come from such often-babbling and never conclusive two-cigarette musings by such characters, but rather they come from his dramatic portrayal of the overall human depravity that has marked the twentieth century. He questions whether free will and moral worth can have any real meaning at all in the face of such horrors as the Nazi extermination of the Jews. The spiritual bankruptcy that has turned Toomey's great-niece and 1400 other flower-children into drones eager to be manipulated...
...moral of Burgess's novel is complex, arising as much out of its ponderous style as its weighty discussions. He presents an allegory for the twentieth century human being torn between the earthly powers liberated in the modern world and the spiritual claims to morality that have comprised much of his heritage
...current problem is the attraction of India's ruling class to the ideas and values of the West. Although more pronounced today with the homogenous transportation of culture through electric media, this "Westernizing" trend has had impact on Indian culture and politics for much of the twentieth century. Much of the way India perceives itself depends on how it senses the West perceives India. For this reason, Indians raised and educated outside of the country have played the cornerstone role in modern life and politics, as their expression usually derives meaning from the translation of ideas between Indian and Western...