Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...group was quick to draw upon the holiday spirit to further its efforts...
Bradley's spirit rose. "Why do this if you don't try to move our collective humanity forward?" he said of his candidacy. "Why do it unless you think there's something inspiring about being in public life...
...important to her is emotional truth, words that somehow resonate inside the reader. Hemingway used to assure himself that if he could write one true sentence, he was on the right track: it is this kind of truth that is meaningful to the writer of fiction, truth to the spirit. The problem is, this is also the kind of truth that needs to be important to the writer of the kind of nonfiction which Gordimer attempts. It is almost pointless to write journalism about the future of literature, or about the evolution of a truly democratic South Africa, that does...
...fact, that Irving forced Disney to remove the original characters' names from the movie, leaving only a "loosely inspired by" credit. These films were missing one key piece: Irving himself. The Cider House Rules is the first screenplay he wrote himself, and it shows. He manages to capture the spirit of the novel without making caricatures of the main players. The people in the movie are drawn with attention to reality and complexity--plausibility never lapses...
...shouldn't it be legalized so that at the very least professionals will ensure that it's safe? The movie gives answers to such questions, but only if you're willing to open yourself up to them. It's the mark of a layered work, one that preserves the spirit of Irving's own novel--and one which thankfully doesn't skimp on its complexity in order to fit into a precise category...