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(adjective) producing a beneficial effect; remedial / (adjective) promoting health; curative

242

This Japanese military tale relates the story of a corporal of an elite regiment who plays a kind of Burmese harp during the Japanese invasion of Burma in 1945, and evokes salutary, peaceful, amazing results.

—p.242 HURRAH FOR THE JAPANESE CINEMA (239) by François Truffaut
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10 months, 1 week ago

This Japanese military tale relates the story of a corporal of an elite regiment who plays a kind of Burmese harp during the Japanese invasion of Burma in 1945, and evokes salutary, peaceful, amazing results.

—p.242 HURRAH FOR THE JAPANESE CINEMA (239) by François Truffaut
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10 months, 1 week ago

a brief moral saying taken from ancient or popular or other sources, often quoted without context; as an adjective, means either given to aphoristic expression, or just referring to an aphoristic expression. or: 'in a way that tries to sound important or intelligent, especially by expressing moral judgements'

272

There are sententiously literary writers who are never satisfied

—p.272 SOME OUTSIDERS (251) by François Truffaut
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10 months, 1 week ago

There are sententiously literary writers who are never satisfied

—p.272 SOME OUTSIDERS (251) by François Truffaut
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(noun) a eulogistic oration or writing / (noun) formal or elaborate praise

284

I thought the film was a panegyric to ambition and power.

on citizen kane

—p.284 SOME OUTSIDERS (251) by François Truffaut
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10 months, 1 week ago

I thought the film was a panegyric to ambition and power.

on citizen kane

—p.284 SOME OUTSIDERS (251) by François Truffaut
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10 months, 1 week ago