Word: wildness
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...evil wizard Saruman (Christopher Lee) and his spy Gríma Worm-tongue (Brad Dourif, as a slimier Richard III). Heroic Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) and the elf-warrior Legolas (Orlando Bloom) band with a revived Gandalf to defend Rohan against Saruman's 10,000 soldier-clones. Out in the wild, the hobbit Frodo (Elijah Wood) is on a desperate trek with his pal Sam (Sean Astin) and the creepy Gollum (Andy Serkis), a creature who once possessed the Ring and has been mutated by its corrupting power. Frodo, seduced and nearly spent by the Ring, is an uneasy...
This era may be coming to an end, as the species loses the territory it needs. Symbolically, the disappearance of the spotted owl may be a demoralizing blow to those interested in preserving some of our last wild places. Losing a species is hard, especially one that is the mascot of the environmental movement. More importantly, however, if we cannot save a high-profile species like the spotted owl from extinction, the situation is desperate indeed...
...category, but Cosimo did not. Everything--myth, allegory, history, erotica--was assimilated to his glory. When he was barely out of his teens, and had been Grand Duke for only a couple of years, he had his court artist, Agnolo Bronzino, paint him as a peacemaker: Orpheus enchanting the wild beasts (civic discord) with his music, and naked in an allusion to his prowess as a lover. Cosimo encouraging the arts, Cosimo fostering scholarship, Cosimo bringing wealth, Cosimo subduing the city's enemies--there was nothing that Cosimo's artists did not show Cosimo doing for Florence...
...because he is and in America because he prefers England - which helps his writing: "It allows you to see things differently. Things leap out at you." That perspective also fuels memorable comic moments, as in one of the funniest scenes in 2000's Down Under. Bryson is chased by wild dogs in the Australian outback but ends up suffering his worst injury at his own hands, when he conks himself on the head with a brick. Bryson has proved more adept at wielding humor as a weapon, and uses it to express his disappointment with the world. "People accuse...
...category, but Cosimo did not. Everything - myth, allegory, history, erotica - was assimilated to his glory. When he was barely out of his teens, and had been Grand Duke for only a couple of years, he had his court artist, Agnolo Bronzino, paint him as a peacemaker: Orpheus enchanting the wild beasts (civic discord) with his music, and naked in an allusion to his prowess as a lover. Cosimo encouraging the arts, Cosimo fostering scholarship, Cosimo bringing wealth, Cosimo subduing the city's enemies - there was nothing that Cosimo's artists did not show Cosimo doing for Florence...