Word: vanguardism
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...actions. In turn, Reilly's neighbors would rally to his defense as the unethical procedures police used to investigate the murder became public. The case turned into a crusade with New Times magazine, The New York Times, and a score of celebrities led by playwright Arthur Miller at the vanguard...
...necessity for culture was not nearly as great." Richard Leakey too believes that hunting helped to make emerging man a social creature. Says he: "The hominids that thrived best were those able to restrain their immediate impulses and manipulate the impulses of others into cooperative efforts. They were the vanguard of the human race...
...that shelter them, and give little coherent thought to ultimate goals. Others, like the Sandinista guerrillas of Nicaragua or the Islamic Marxists of Iran, have specific targets-overthrowing regimes they regard as corrupt and oppressive. Still others, like the Proves of the Irish Republican Army, regard themselves as the vanguard of regional independence movements...
...Songs From the Briarpatch, recorded live at Vanguard studios, effectively captures the dynamism of Paxton as a performer. He differs from his Village contemporaries in his master of direct communication with his audience; he borrows neither Bob Dylan's detachment nor Phil Ochs' alcoholic trance. Rather, he is akin to Joni Mitchell, who cajoles her audience to sing along because "the more out-of-tune voices on a song, the better." Paxton, too, encourages participation, seeking to bridge the gap between artist and idolator. And by explaining the motivation behind the composition of each song, Paxton secures an Intellectual bond...
...what remains is twaddle. The supernatural antics are dressed up with a notion vandalized from Teilhard de Chardin: the film suggests that Blair's character is one of a vanguard of human mutations evolving toward a synthesis of man and God, and thus is a target to be headed off by Pazuzu...