An awkward, heady mixture of science - fiction, soap opera, western and Greek tragedy but the quality of the performances and the cinematography render it better than you might have feared. (rottentomatoes.com)
This constitutional disestablishment of all churches embodied the wisdom of Roger Williams and Thomas Jefferson — the one from his experience with the Massachusetts theocracy and the other from his experience with the less dangerous Anglican establishment in Virginia — which knew that a combination of religious sanctity and political power represents a heady mixture for status quo conservatism. (religion-online.org)
Here one can start the day with a «coretto» for courage (a heady mixture of coffee and grappa), then try such slopes as the Forcella del Sasso Lungo — where you can see the world spread out in wide screen — or the Val de Mesdi, so steep at the top (a 4,000 - foot drop in two miles) that you jump right out of your socks to make a turn. (si.com)