Word: acclaimed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Though in some places the crowds did not live up to expectations, the Pope was engulfed by a roar of emotion everywhere he went. For Paul, the acclaim was a tonic. After months of agonizing over his encyclical on birth control, then weeks of widespread and often bitter criticism, here was simple, uncomplicated, old-fashioned affection. The papal presence transformed Colombia's somber capital, insulated 8,355 ft. high on a plateau between two Andean ranges, into a scene of sheer, uninhibited joy. Shoulder to shoulder, an estimated 500,000 bogotanos lined the eight-mile route to town, straining...
...task; writing a five-volume biography of Sir Winston's life. "I've wasted a lot of my life," he conceded. "Now there's a satisfactory conclusion-good solid work to do." He had finished two of the volumes, both of which won critical acclaim, and was at work on the third when he died of congestive cardiac failure...
...onetime soloist with Marsha Graham, Cunningham has earned international acclaim with the small, highly honed company he formed...
...honest, unsparing pessimism suffuses these four short novels by the Italian author who, since his suicide in 1950, has gained international critical acclaim...
...SELECTED WORKS OF CESARE PAVESE. An honest, unsparing pessimism suffuses these four short novels by the Italian author who, since his suicide in 1950, has gained international critical acclaim...