2 QUOTES WITH «FAUSTIAN»
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Faustian.
I just really dig feeling subservient to nature. It brings me a peace and calm. Kind of like a Faustian thing, I think.
Modern medicine has presented us with a Faustian bargain: Our aging bodies can bankrupt our children and grandchildren. We have run into the 'law of diminishing returns' in health care, where we are often doing more and more, with higher and higher technology, at more and more cost, for less and less benefit.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FAUSTIAN»
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Faustian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Faustian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The
Faustian Bargain : The Art World in Nazi Germany: The ...
Petropoulos has discovered a network of these rehabilitated experts that flourished in the postwar period, and he argues that this is a key to the tens of thousands of looted artworks that are still "missing" today.
Maryland Jonathan Petropoulos Associate Professor of History Loyola College, 2000
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... ... . . of Tortured
Faustian Slumbers
Following the disintegration of his marriage, Seth Caine, a once famous and infamous author, immerses himself in alcohol and aff airs to mask his pain.
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The
Faustian Bargain: The Art World in Nazi Germany
Petropoulos has discovered a network of these rehabilitated experts that flourished in the postwar period, and he argues that this is a key to the tens of thousands of looted artworks that are still "missing" today.
Jonathan Petropoulos, 2000
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A
Faustian Foreign Policy from Woodrow Wilson to George W. ...
A Faustian Foreign Policy from Woodrow Wilson to George W. Bush critiques U.S. foreign policy during this period by showing how moralistic diplomacy has increasingly assumed Faustian overtones, especially during the Cold War and following ...
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The Word Speaks to the
Faustian Man: Taittiriya Upanisad ...
The spirit of quiet hermeneutics that characterizes this study illumines many an opaque spot in this text, solves many an interpretive puzzle, turns many of its 'archaic naivetes' into living and compelling profundities.
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The Global Gamble: Washington's
Faustian Bid for World Dominance
Peter Gowan argues that, since the collapse of the USSR, the US government has been trying to bring about a unipolar world in which the United States can control and shape the pattern of economic and political change in all regions of the ...
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The
Faustian Century: German Literature and Culture in the ...
New essays revealing the enduring significance of the story made famous in the 1587 Faustbuch and providing insights into the forces that gave the sixteenth century its distinct character.
James M. Van der Laan, Andrew Weeks, 2013
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Cambodia, Pol Pot, and the United States: The
Faustian Pact
Formulating a model of international relations based on democratic principles, Haas urges reflection on the lessons of Cambodia as policies are developed for the 1990s.
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The word speaks to the
Faustian man : a translation and ...
ABOUT THE BOOK:The Chandogya Upanisad: The culture it reflects is remote and archaic, the texture of its ritualistic and contemplative symbolism thick and dense--virtually a closed book for us moderns.
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Of Independence and
Faustian Bargains: Going Down the Deep ...
While this is an age-old preoccupation, Canada faces new challenges from powerful forces, both internal and external, that would further undermine Canada's independence.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FAUSTIAN»
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Faustian is used in the context of the following news items.
Madame Bovary's screen return — a touch of Fifty Shades of Grey
So, for Barthes, another remake of Madame Bovary didn't immediately spring to mind as a follow-up to her Faustian feature debut, Cold Souls, ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
The Delphi Declaration
We call upon you, the German people, to stop such a Faustian alliance between German political elites and international finance. We call upon ... «Voltaire Network, Jul 15»
Is BRICS a True Alternative?
I will call it our Faustian moment when we became entrapped – some today crying out that we 'sold our people down the river'.” Ironically, just ... «teleSUR English, Jul 15»
'Pippin' is a bit of Vegas, a bit of Cirque du Soleil .. and a whole lotta …
Beneath all that is a metaphor for imperialism (it emerged during the height of the Vietnam War), a Faustian cautionary tale. It also has lots of ... «Dallas Voice, Jul 15»
Paying My Debt to Greece
... bread, without compromising their souls that have been forced into a Faustian contract offered and determined by EU bankers and oligarchs. «CounterPunch, Jul 15»
DNC chairwoman criticizes Cuba thaw
Rubio, meanwhile, called Obama's Cuba policies a “Faustian bargain” in a New York Times op-ed published the same day. Tags: Washington ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
Here's why the New York Times should have acquired ViralNova
As I've described a number of times before, this is a Faustian bargain in which Facebook could wind up benefiting far more than the New York ... «Fortune, Jul 15»
Osborne hides his fiscal secrets under the hospital bed
The deal is looking increasingly Faustian. NHS finance directors forecast a deficit in two-thirds of trusts this year. In the past, deficits were run ... «Open Democracy, Jul 15»
Marco Rubio: Obama's Faustian Bargain With Cuba
When we make engagement with the odious leaders of these countries our foreign policy, we make a Faustian bargain that is contrary to our ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
Florence Welch on feminism, depression, fame
... one thing you love keeps you away from another thing you love. It's a Faustian deal you make. So you're in strange environments all the time. «Macleans.ca, Jul 15»
