Word: wizardly
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...have said that your stories are rife with political meaning. Does that come from “The Wizard of Oz” or you as an author? GM: I think that “The Wizard of Oz” more or less side-stepped a lot of social implications, I think it was all about pulling yourself up by the bootstraps and did not pay too much attention to anybody in Oz who might not have bootstraps with which to pull himself or herself...
...Daily Mississippian newspaper reported on Sept. 12, the audience of thousands right outside the debate hall watching by simulcast includes some unwelcome guests: the Mississippi White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. The Klansmen won't be wearing robes or hoods or making "a big hoopla," says Imperial Wizard Richard Greene, 46, who refuses to divulge how many members the Mississippi chapter has. Nor will they take advantage of the designated protest zone outside the debate theater to stage one of their typical demonstrations - which include fiery speeches and a cross burning - for fear of causing riots...
...U.S.A.!" and "Drill, baby, drill," Republicans have united around McCain--challenging Democrats with the partisan energy essential to win. The alchemy of mixing a fun-loving but prickly 72-year-old Washington fixture with a sassy fortysomething mother of five whose backstory is part Northern Exposure and part Wizard of Oz obliterated the enthusiasm gap in the media and among voters. The "Yes we can" excitement that Democrats have enjoyed all election season is getting a run for its money. Palin--by prompting a flood of donations (see Momentum, Party Unity and Enthusiasm) and hitting the fund-raising circuit...
...Hard-core Miyazaki devotees will make a game out of seeing what they can recognize - from the wildly cluttered wizard's bedroom in Howl's Moving Castle to the dishes eaten by Chihiro's parents in Spirited Away (the fateful meal causes them to turn into pigs). But neophytes can get just as much satisfaction from the dynamic quality of the drawings. The opening sequence of 1984's Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (a Miyazaki-Takahata film that predated the foundation of Studio Ghibli) is there as a lush forest drawn from high above, with blocks...
...looked askance at his killer (most victims are boys) or offered some other insignificant provocation. Last year 27 teenagers were murdered in London, many by other teenagers. This year's toll has already reached 20 and includes Robert Knox, an 18-year-old actor who plays a trainee wizard in the forthcoming Harry Potter movie, and who was reportedly killed defending his brother in a brawl over a stolen mobile phone. On July 1 hundreds of demonstrators marched through Islington, Hackney's neighboring borough, to protest the knifing outside a local pub of 16-year-old Ben Kinsella, a straight...