Word: humanizing
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Here are some things he might consider: Taking part in the presidential debates, as any responsible leader would; apologizing to Iran for past indiscretions, as any brave head of state would; sticking to his own party's platform, as any democratic leader would; implementing a foreign policy that defends human rights in practice as well as in theory; increasing aid to less developed countries; giving America's allies at least some confidence that he will stick by them; renewing his commitment to SALT II; and forging new initiatives in social programs...
...must be remembered that the congenial essay has always been one of our most personal, eccentric, and adaptable forms. "One damn thing after another," Aldous Huxley called it, "but in a sequence that in some miraculous way develops a central theme and relates it to the rest of human experience." In fact, in the annals of world literature, the unrestrained essayist (essai: attempt, trial, experiment) has always kept courageous and often dangerous company: Plato, Cicero, Carlyle, Swift, Twain, and scores of others who have helped forge our appreciation for clear thought and fresh language. Today the accomplishments of the modern...
...York where we were taught that the good life was not simply a question of winning, but rather of doing the best you can -- and to learn to have fun, and compassion, and be gentlemanly about losing.") to the ludicrous (Korda: "...That is the nature of the Human Animal, right? I mean your own father, if he could find a way of cheating you in business, probably would...That's the way people are. I don't think you can beat that."). Dull as it is, Ah, Men is admittedly informative, especially in the area of men's attitudes toward...
...better for pearls than for movies) that looks like a bargain but amounts to thinness in all departments (hyphenated-genre films typically try for multiple effects and end up delivering none). But de Broca (King of Hearts, Dear Inspector) overcomes this structural weakness by focusing on important and abiding human concerns -- fear of aging, jealousy, hypocrisy, sexual morality, and the value of love and family. The somewhat contrived plot is ultimately less important than the mood, which is wonderfully wistful and lyrical...
...insists that he and his family will return. "I don't want to give the impression that Argentina is such a black, dark place," he says, citing its physical and human resources. "But we couldn't remain because we simply didn't have the resources to surround ourselves with bodyguards." Cox will return not only because he feels The Herald must play out its role as the last bastion of a free press until another paper joins its ranks, but also because he loves Argentina and believes it can thrive as a modern, stable, pluralistic democracy...