Sentences with phrase «latest eulogy»

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An appendix to Achieving Our Country is a eulogy of the late Irving Howe, a political saint of Mr. Rorty's vision of the left.

Later on, as those children bury us, they listen respectfully, even forgivingly, to the eulogies, but if all the deeds of our lives were heaved from the granary floor of the one from whom no secrets are hid, much of what we've done would fly away like so much dryer lint.

Update (June 26): In a eulogy dedicated to his late friend Clementa Pinckney on Friday, President Obama referenced grace 35 times before breaking into an acapella performance of John Newton's famous hymn, «Amazing Grace.»

A year later, in January 2015, I drew attention to her eulogy for Isabel Rosado Morales, a Puerto Rican separatist who took part in a two - hour gun battle with the police, and was convicted for her part in the attack on the floor of the House, when five Congressmen were wounded.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivered a powerful 40 - minute eulogy for his late father, saying the three - term governor never abandoned his beliefs even if it meant facing political consequences.

His brother Robert (Rupert Graves), a successful novelist, is late flying in from New York, and Daniel must face living more under his brother's shadow, as he must give the eulogy — a task for which everyone thinks Robert is better suited.

To honor his late friend Carlo decided to fire an Email off to Gearbox software, requesting that a short eulogy for Michael be read by the games famous smart - ass robot Claptrap.

Jones's latest piece (How Tracey Emin found place amongst the greats, 4 April) is an extraordinary eulogy of the latest work of Tracey Emin, with particular reference to that tired old bed.

Rivers also sustained a relationship with poet Frank O'Hara in the late 1950s and delivered the eulogy at O'Hara's funeral in 1966.