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...actor his finest role in his best film. El Cid is up there with Lawrence of Arabia in the epic empyrean: passionate, eloquent, with a visual and emotional grandeur. As the 11th century soldier seeking peace with Spain's large Muslim minority, Heston gave heroic heft to a pacifist warrior. At the end, the Cid, close to death, orders that his body be strapped to his horse and carried out to battle so that his presence will put fear into the enemy--a ripe metaphor for the enduring power of star quality...
...this Anthony Mann film, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar is an 11th-century Spanish soldier who tempers force with wisdom, seeking a peace with the large local Islamic minority it is his job to subdue, and preaching moderation in the Court of King Ferdinand. Almost a pacifist warrior, he spends most of the film debating large issues with other beautiful people (Sophia Loren, John Fraser, Raf Vallone) - until the film's final battle, when, nearly dead, he orders that his body be strapped to his horse so that his presence will put fear into the enemy - a peerless metaphor for star...
...armed with terabytes of political minutiae, he won critical raves. ("One of the best things in television news right now," said the New York Times, the equivalent of a Westminster Dog Show hopeful getting endorsed by Cat Fancy.) But there was something poignantly valedictory about the old warrior playing referee: the lion, if not in winter, then in a petting...
...Clayton and Ermakov did not shift focus as quickly as their teammates and, after dropping their opening sets at first and third singles, these upperclassmen knew they needed a maximum length match to get the win. Kumar had complete confidence in his teammates. “Chris is a warrior,” Kumar said. “Even when he has lost the first set, he’s the one guy who I still believe will come back and win under any circumstance.” Kumar’s faith proved well placed...
...game was dominance in the faceoff category, taking nine of 15. “We knew that replacing John Henry Flood would be a challenge, but Nick Smith has done a great job.” Duboe said. “He’s been a warrior at the X.” —Staff writer Elizabeth A. Joyce can be reached at eajoyce@fas.harvard.edu...