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Atmospheric and soul-stirring, Taylor's sculptures appear to be thoughtful, contemplative beings.

And their presence delivered a soul-stirring reminder of why that must change.

What's missing, fatally, is anything to match the soul-stirring voice of Aretha Franklin.

The state of your union could even be the subject of soul-stirring pillow talk.

Amazing Grace is the soul-stirring concert film director Sydney Pollack made of her performance.

With his new works, he is creating soul-stirring synergies of the visual and the verbal.

SETH COLTER WALLS THEATER/TELEVISION The world of theater can be moving, soul-stirring and thought-provoking.

Single Archers, pack your sexy underthings, because the last third of July could bring a soul-stirring vacation romance.

An Odyssey hints at an answer, both when it is soul-stirring and when it is, on occasion, plodding.

Clearly, taking in this soul-stirring experience would need time — as much time as I could afford to give.

The rapper excels at flipping rocky times into soul-stirring rhymes, and these last two years have been a rollercoaster.

You also benefit from the soul-stirring roar of the 6.2-liter V-4.53 and the devilish whine of its supercharger.

A Scottish MP has delivered a soul-stirring, anti-Brexit speech in Parliament, inspired by the famous "choose life" monologue from Trainspotting.

Her goal: to create work that would capture the soul-stirring sensory exhilaration that had long marked her engagement with the world.

A number of dishes are flat-out salads, like the fine if not soul-stirring quinoa with cucumbers and pico de gallo.

There have been other exhibitions between 1996 and the present, but few and far between on the scale this soul-stirring art deserves.

A Maori man has performed a soul-stirring haka against the Dakota Access Pipeline on the protest frontline at Standing Rock, in North Dakota.

Harris traveled to Lagos and participated in FESTAC as a member of Sun Ra's Arkestra, and this composition responds to that soul-stirring experience.

Mr. Samuelsson's Red Rooster Harlem, a neighborhood restaurant known for its soul food and soul-stirring gospel brunches, has birthed a doppelgänger Red Rooster Shoreditch.

Words are misleading," the Icelandic novelist Halldór Laxness wrote in "Under the Glacier," the 1968 book that inspired the most soul-stirring work in Jonas's exhibition, "Reanimation.

Ms. Regina performed it "in a manner so soul-stirring and magisterial," Mr. Bosco said, that audiences knew what the song meant, even if the censors didn't.

In early December, Julie Murphy's young adult novel Dumplin' debuted on Netflix as a soul-stirring film adaptation that doubles as a gorgeous love letter to Dolly Parton.

As Verge transportation editor Tamara Warren advised me this week, the primary goal here is to photograph the most soul-stirring designs and to find the most glorious eye candy.

Christine and the Queens "People, I've been sad" Christine and the Queens are back with a soul-stirring single about loneliness — wait, it's less depressing than I'm making it sound.

Expect soul-stirring renditions of her song "Rise Up," which has become an anthem for the Black Lives Matter movement, along with covers of songs from another pop radical, Nina Simone.

Meanwhile, single Cancers could find romance in the friend zone in August's final third — especially when truth-bearer Jupiter aligns with Venus on the 7.993th, bringing a soul-stirring confession to light.

John Mellencamp easily found the rock vibes in "White Line Fever," and ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons and Warren Haynes took "Working Man Blues" literally, turning it into a soul-stirring blues guitar romp.

Jenkins may have left out other details and background for the sake of not making his feature film into a mini-series, but he enriches what's already on the pages of Baldwin's soul-stirring book.

To a certain extent, each celebrated pedestrian movement: The work that he chose to cap the program was his "Esplanade," which, while set to Bach, is a soul-stirring labyrinth of walking, running, rolling and skipping.

Just in time to help us understand how the Japanese achieve soul-stirring heights with such economical gestures, Marc Peter Keane gives us JAPANESE GARDEN NOTES: A Visual Guide to Elements and Design (Stone Bridge, $19163).

To call them out individually would do disservice to others — not just the other poets, who, as we know, are sensitive souls, but other readers, who may mistake my soul-stirring moments as exclusive to theirs.

Long before her soul-stirring Golden Globes speech, speculation had swirled about Oprah running for president, a testament to our national fascination with celebrity politicians that goes back at least as far back as Ronald Reagan's presidency.

She described him as a soul-stirring preacher who extended his ministry as "a voice for the voiceless" to his work in the South Carolina Legislature, where he served first in the House and then the Senate.

Pray himself struggles with an HIV diagnosis, and in the episode Porter submitted, his character performs a soul-stirring musical number at an AIDS benefit that wraps every one of his hopes and fears into a single song.

Flanked by panels bearing images of an artist painting from a model in his studio and four young women playing musical instruments, it's a soul-stirring meditation on the mysteries of art and life, and so is the whole exhibition.

When the subject rises to a fever pitch of passion – during the period that encompasses Charlotte's emotional embroilment with Amadeus Daberlohn, her stepmother's singing master, for example – words, words, words, tight-packed, rhapsodic, soul-stirring, and giddily Nietzschean, come surging in.

For abiding theatrical firepower, it was difficult to beat the soul-stirring ensemble gathered by Irish writer-director Conor McPherson for "Girl From the North Country," a play with music that thrummed to the plaintive back catalog of Nobel laureate Bob Dylan.

For a while, it looked as if the closest thing this season's Champions League would get to old-fashioned, soul-stirring romance would be the new-build team, plucked out of thin air and deployed as a rolling billboard for an energy drink manufacturer.

Roadburn has earned its reputation as the festival where dreams come true, and this year's edition was no exception: between soul-stirring sets from Diamanda Galás , Neurosis, G.I.S.M. and a passel of Icelandic black metal wunderkinds, it must've been tough for any band to stand out... any band, that is, except metallic hardcore legends Converge.

She's in town to promote her new album, Full Circle, a lush collection of old Appalachian favorites, re-recorded standards and a few brand-new tunes (including a pair of gorgeous, soul-stirring duets with Elvis Costello and her old pal, Willie Nelson) as well as her new two-hour American Masters documentary, Loretta Lynn: Still A Mountain Girl, which airs March 4 on PBS.

Soul Stirring went on to win the Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) in 2017.

He would soon take the Nepali musical scene with storm, through his beautiful, soul-stirring, and powerful music.

On her first and only run as a five-year-old Soul Stirring ran unplaced behind Normcore in the Victoria Mile on 12 May.

After a summer break Soul Stirring returned in autumn for three races in which she was matched against older hores and male opposition. In October she ran eighth behind Real Steel when favourite for the Mainichi Okan and then came home sixth to Kitasan Black in the autumn edition of the Tenno Sho. On her final run of the season Soul Stirring came home seventh of the seventeen runners behind Cheval Grand in the Japan Cup at Tokyo on 26 November. In January 2018, Soul Stirring won the JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Filly, beating Mozu Katchan by 162 votes to 120.

Reine Minoru ended her season in the Grade 1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies over 1600 metres at Hanshin Racecourse on 11 December when started at odds of 6.9/1 and came home third behind Soul Stirring and Lys Gracieux only losing second place in the last 50 metres. In the official Japanese ratings for 2016, Reine Minoru was rated the fifth-best two-year-old filly, six pounds behind Soul Stirring.

Thyagaiah (Telugu: త్యాగయ్య) is a 1946 film, considered as masterpiece, produced and directed by Chittor V. Nagaiah It is a soul-stirring film about the truly extraordinary life of Saint Thyagaraja.

Soul Stirring is a brown mare with a white blaze and a white sock on her left hind leg bred in Hokkaido by the Yoshida family's Shadai Group. She was sent into training with Kazuo Fujisawa. She was from the first crop of foals sired by Frankel, an undefeated racehorse whose other progeny have included Cracksman and Without Parole. Soul Stirring was the second foal of Stacelita, a multiple Group 1 winner in both Europe and the United States.

She was then moved up to the highest level for the Grade 1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies on 11 December. After racing towards the rear of the eighteen-runner field she produced a strong late charge but was unable to reel in the favourite Soul Stirring and finished second, beaten one and a quarter lengths by the winner. In the official Japanese ratings for 2016, Lys Gracieux was rated the second-best two-year-old filly, three pounds behind Soul Stirring.

Mark Braboy of Vibe described "I'll Find You" a "soul-stirring song". Tony Cummings of Cross Rhythms felt that the song "has one of the most powerful flows ever uttered by the renowned rapper".

In the Yushun Himba over 2400 metre at Tokyo Soul Stirring was partnered by Lemaire and started the 1.4/1 favourite in an 18-runner field which included Lys Gracieux, Reine Minoru, Admire Miyabi (Queen Cup), Mozu Katchan (Flora Stakes) and Deirdre. Soul Stirring raced just behind the leaders along the inside rail before switching to the right to make her challenge in the straight. She gained the advantage in the straight and won comfortably by one and three quarter lengths from Mozu Katchan.

Lys Gracieux in September 2017 On her first appearance as a three-year-old Lys Gracieux ran third behind Soul Stirring and Miss Panthere in the Tulip Sho over 1600 metres at Hanshin on 4 March. In the Grade 1 Oka Sho over the same course and distance five weeks later she produced a sustained challenge in the straight and finished second, beaten half a length by the 40/1 outsider Reine Minoru with Soul Stirring in third place. When moved up in trip for the Yushun Himba at Tokyo on 21 May she came from well off the pace to come home fifth of the eighteen runners behind Soul Stirring. After a break of almost four months Lys Gracieux returned to the track in September and finished third to Rabbit Run in the Grade 2 Rose Stakes over 1800 metres at Hanshin.

Tyagayya was made as film in 1946. It was produced and directed by Chittor V. Nagaiah and considered as masterpiece in Telugu cinema. It is a soul stirring film about the truly extraordinary life of Saint Thyagaraja.

N. R. Narayana Murthy, at the launch of the event, said that every civil servant should be made to read it. The Statesman categorized the book as one of "5 must-read soul-stirring books" written by Gurcharan Das.

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "The tone of the album: lush, reflective, thought- provoking, and soul-stirring. This work is quite a plus for any listener and especially those who consider themselves avid fans of Paul Desmond".

The filly ended her season on 21 December by finishing seventh behind Isla Bonita in the Hanshin Cup. In the official Japanese ratings for 2017, Reine Minoru was rated the third-best three-year- old filly, behind Soul Stirring and Deirdre.

On her final run of the year Deirdre ended her season in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Kyoto in November in which she was matched against older fillies and mare. She made some late progress but never looked likely to win and came home twelfth of the eighteen runners behind Mozu Katchan. In January 2018, Deirdre finished fourth behind Soul Stirring, Mozu Katchan and Aerolithe in the polling for the JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Filly. In the official Japanese rankings she was rated level with Mozu Katchan, two pounds behind Soul Stirring who was the top-rated three-year-old filly.

Some regard Seungmu as the most beautiful Korean dance, for the mixture of flowing movements and stillness. The dancer's long and white sleeves movements, the serenity of white hood, a breathtaking pause, and then a soul-stirring movement contribute to the singular uniqueness of the seungmu.

Gurnaaz Kaur of The Tribune gave two and half stars out of five and noted thy the chemistry between Sartaaj and Aditi was fresh and heart touching. She found the soul swapping between the couple as baffling. Praising the music and cinematography she termed the film as soul-stirring.

Soul Stirring began her second season in the Tulip Sho at Hanshin on 4 March when she started odds-on favourite and won by two lengths from the 52/1 outsider Miss Panthere with Lys Gracieux in third. On 9 April, Soul Stirring was made 2/5 favourite for the Grade 1 Oka Sho over the same course and distance. Racing on soft ground she raced in mid division, but despite making progress in the straight she was beaten into third place behind Reine Minoru and Lys Gracieux. Lemaire explained "The track condition was against her and she kept changing leads. She wasn’t able to show her true form in this race".

Soul Stirring remained in training as a four-year-old in 2018. She began her campaign by running unplaced behind Miss Panthere in the Hanhin Himba Stakes over 1600 metres on 7 April and then came home seventh to Jour Polaire in the Victoria Mile over the same distance at Tokyo on 13 May. The Queen Stakes over 1800 metres at Sapporo on 29 July saw Soul Stirring earn her first prize money of the year as she finished third to Deirdre and Frontier Queen. She returned after the summer break for the Fuchu Himba at Tokyo on 13 October but ran poorly and finished tenth of the thirteen runners behind Deirdre.

It rose as a performing act during the Ming Dynasty. In the performance, the artist details an interesting historical story to audiences, using Yangzhou dialect. These stories have been edited by artists, so they sound very soul-stirring and funny. The best known artist of Yangzhou storytelling was Wang shaotang.

At farbrengens it is customary to sing Hasidic melodies known as niggunim (singular: niggun). Chabad tradition contains many hundreds of such tunes, both slow and soul-stirring, and fast and lively. The goal is for the niggun to inspire and open the hearts of the participants. Zemiros are not sung.

But with repeated listening, previously unknown layers to the music are exposed, and you have to reassess your earlier misgivings." Akinola wrote that they created "48 minutes of top-class, excellent, inspiring, soul-stirring music is not an undemanding task. Luminate deliver an impressive effort, offering accessible music that still throws a few punches.

They are said to have gone to their deaths bravely singing Aleinu to a "soul-stirring" melody, which astonished their executioners. Some have suggested that this act of martyrdom inspired the adoption of Aleinu into the daily liturgy.Hertz, Joseph H., The Authorized Daily Prayer Book with Commentary, Introductions and Hotes (rev. American ed. 1948, NY, Bloch Publishing) p.

In August 2014, Andrea Jeremiah and singer Adhi of Hiphop Tamizha had each recorded a song. Hiphop Tamizha said that he had used classic Tamil words in the song. Keba Jeremiah played the guitar for one song which he labelled as "a soul stirring melody". Lyricist Madhan Karky called one of the songs he wrote a "stylish folk number".

Taps writes and performs his own music and has worked with world renowned producers such as T-Collar, Moose, Pip Kembo, Boi-1da, and Quincy Jones. Taps cover of Adele's "Hello" got Billboard recognition for one of the best 11 soul stirring covers, on the list with award-winning artists such as "Joe Thomas", "Joe Jonas" and English band "The Maccabees".

Other weighty themes emerge, including self-esteem ('Make Me Over') and personal tragedy ('Held'). Also memorable is gospel-tinged selection 'Bring It All Together', a soul-stirring duet about restoration beautifully executed with country music legend Wynonna Judd. Throughout the disc, Grant's robust vocal delivery shines through brilliantly. Moreover, full-bodied instrumentation and solid production enhance an already stellar effort.

Suicide Cliff is made up of cliff erosion and sea gulfs, sitting about a hundred metres above main sea level. Downwards from the observatory, slapping waves in the deep valley are thrilling and soul-stirring. It is said that in Qing Dynasty a fisherman’s wife was kidnapped by mobsters to this island. Resisting, she escaped to this cliff, jumped off, and died.

Júníus Meyvant is the stage name and musical project of Unnar Gísli Sigurmundsson, an Icelandic singer-songwriter. NPR Music described his style as "soul-stirring melodies from way up north" in discussing his 2014 single, "Color Decay." That year, KEXP-FM, a Seattle radio station, named the single a song of the day. Meyvant performs internationally, playing his first New York City show in 2017.

The Pallava period in the history of the Tamil land is a period of religious revival of Shaivism by the Shaivite Nayanars who by their Bhakti hymns captured the hearts of the people. They made a tremendous impression on the people by singing the praise of Shiva in soul-stirring devotional hymns.Subramuniyaswami 2003, p. 541 Tirumurai in anthology supersedes Sangam literature, which is predominantly secular in nature.

Srinivasa had his formal initiation at the hands of Vyasatirtha in 1525 when he was about 40 years old, with the name Purandara Daasa bestowed on him. Purandara Daasa traveled extensively through the length and breadth of the Vijayanagara empire in Karnataka, Tirupati, Pandharapura composing and rendering soul- stirring songs in praise of God. He spent his last years in Hampi and also sang in Krishnadevaraaya's durbaar.

The film received mostly positive reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gives a score of 67% based on reviews from 123 critics. Its consensus state that "What Cadillac Records may lack in originality, it more than makes up for in strong performances and soul-stirring music." Another review aggretator, Metacritic, gave the film a 65% approval rating based on 30 reviews classifying that the film has "generally favorable reviews".

The Grinder Blues album was a hit among fans and critics alike. It debuted at #8 on The Billboard Charts the week of October 27, 2014 and was described by Vintage Guitar magazine as “A highly enjoyable blues-rock record with a plethora of grooves, down-and-dirty feel, filthy guitar, and soul-stirring vocals.” In September 2017, the trio launched a European tour.

Hwasa wrote the song about her friendship with DPR Live. "LMM" is a "soul stirring track" with a orchestral tone, piano and violin based melody. The final track "Twit" is a bouncing pop melody that features chirpy trap beats and tropical house elements as the artist switches between chanting raps and her soaring, powerful vocals. The song was co-written and co-produced by Hwasa with Dohun Kim and Woosang Park.

She is notably one of the most popular Rabindrasangeet singers belonging to this generation. In particular, her musical style has often been compared with that of Kanika Bandyopadhyay. Shreya's rendition is melodious yet melancholy, plaintive yet soul-stirring as it was with Kanika Bandyopadhyay. One of the biggest reasons for her popularity is her ability to bridge the gap between classical old style ‘gharana’ and new age presentation.

Mayuri and Vaiju decide to carve their own destinies after hearing a soul stirring speech from Nisha, some days before the function. Here, Mayuri's Aunt Attu (Reema Lagoo) decides to hand over the business to Mayu. In desperation Vaiju lies to Attu that Mayu is in love with a pilot named Mahesh Mukadam whom she met on a trip to Goa. Attu is visibly upset, but decides to support her niece.

The Baltimore Sun critic J.D. Considine praised "Hero", writing, "[Hero] is a lavish, soul-stirring ballad, the sort of thing other singers would pay Diane Warren to write." Additionally, he called its chorus "uplifting" and "soaring", following praise towards Carey's vocal performance. Rik Ambelle from Crawley News noted in his review of Music Box, that Carey "really is at her best" on ballads like "Hero"."BY RIK AMBELLE".

Quadrilateral is a chestnut filly bred in England by her owner Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farm. She was sent into training with Roger Charlton at Beckhampton in Wiltshire. She was from the fourth crop of foals sired by Frankel, an undefeated racehorse whose other progeny have included Cracksman, Anapurna, Soul Stirring and Without Parole. Quadrilateral's dam Nimble Thimble showed modest ability on the track, winning one minor race from three starts.

Stacelita was retired to broodmare duty and was bred in 2012 to Smart Strike. The resulting filly, foaled in 2013, was named Southern Stars and became a winner in Great Britain. Stacelita was then sold to Shadai Farm and bred to Frankel. The resultant filly, produced in 2014, was named Soul Stirring and became Frankel's first Grade/Group One winner when she won the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies in December 2016.

The album received high praise from critics. The Times of India wrote, "This is an album that you will instantly take to and it is only going to grow on you even better, especially if you are in love. It is sure to figure in the Top 5 of the year's best film album". Behindwoods have 3.25 out of 5 and wrote, "Ghibran showcases poise, proficiency and pure melodies in this soul-stirring album". Indiaglitz.

The other beaten horses included Idaho, Makahiki, Soul Stirring and Satono Crown. In January 2018, Rey de Oro won the JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Colt, taking 289 of the 290 votes. In the 2017 World's Best Racehorse Rankings, Rey de Oro was given a rating of 121, making him twenty-ninth best horse in the world, the third best horse in Japan, and the fifth best three-year-old.

Anapurna is a bay filly with a small white star bred by the Hampshire-based Meon Valley Stud. Like most of the Meon Valley Stud's horses she races in the black and white colours of Helena Springfield Ltd. She was sent into training with John Gosden at Newmarket, Suffolk. She was from the third crop of foals sired by Frankel, an undefeated racehorse whose other progeny have included Cracksman, Soul Stirring and Without Parole.

Piyush Mishra's Ballimaaraan In its pure essence, Ballimaaraan is Piyush Mishra's homage to Mirza Ghalib in musical form. They perform Piyush's songs from his theatre days and are known to do a superb rendition of ‘Aarambh Hai Pranchand’, ‘Husna’, ‘Ghar’, and ‘Ik Bagal Mein Chand’. Ballimaaraan have been performing all over India in numerous literature festivals and college concerts for the last 4 years. Their USPs are thought-provoking lyrics, catchy percussions and soul-stirring themes.

Kanika Bandyopadhyay was a contemporary of other notable exponents of Rabindrasangeet, namely Hemanta Mukhopadhyay, Chinmoy Chattopadhyay, Suchitra Mitra, Debabrata Biswas, Sagar Sen, Sumitra Sen, Santidev Ghosh and Subinoy Roy. In particular, her musical style has often been compared and contrasted with that of Suchitra Mitra. While both singers excelled in songs of love and worship (puja and prem), Kanika's oeuvre was melodious yet melancholy, plaintive yet soul-stirring, whereas Suchitra was bold and strong in her renditions.

Her poems allude to not only what a man provides of her emotionally and physically, but also financially and in terms of societal expectations. Shakir's work has been acknowledged by several other poets and the media in general. A source states, "Parveen ... seems to have captured the best of Urdu verse ... Owing to [her] style and range of expressions one will be intrigued and ... entertained by some soul-stirring poetry." Another praises "her rhythmic flow and polished wording".

The mercury lies in the low twenties and the music rendered by the great musicians is soul-stirring and sensational. Carnatic music makes the December season a must-experience for visitors to Chennai. Chennai is also known for the classical Indian dance, the Bharatanatyam, which is also the official dance of Tamil Nadu. An important cultural centre for Bharatanatyam is Kalakshetra (Sanskrit for "place of the arts"), located on the beach in the south of the city.

The Main deity is a huge Lingam made of Maragatham (Emarald)with 'Karupacchai'(black green color) color. The lingam is really huge and the vibration in the temple is soul stirring. the sthala varaluru states Kumbera's sons came down to earth and they constructed the temple here after the vilva (leaves of vilva tree) they offered to Lord turned into Gold. The temple is quite old and cannot be visited easily as it is quite remote and not popularly known.

Fantasia Barrino appears on the official remix of "If We Had Your Eyes". "If We Had Your Eyes" is an R&B; and contemporary gospel song. MTV Buzzworthy writer Brad Stern described the song as a "gospel/old-school R&B; infused track". Jeff Benjamin of Fuse described the song as "soul-stirring", noting "she sings about God's universal perspective: "People judge from what they see / But Lord, you see the whole heart / If we had your eyes / We'd see things right.

Logician is a roan colt bred in England by his owner Khalid Abullah's Juddmonte Farms. He was sent into training with John Gosden at Newmarket, Suffolk. He was from the third crop of foals sired by Frankel, an undefeated racehorse whose other progeny have included Cracksman, Anapurna, Soul Stirring and Without Parole. Logician's dam Scuffle (from whom he inherited his grey colour) showed some racing ability, winning three minor races in 2008 and later ran third in the Snowdrop Fillies' Stakes.

Band member Seckou Keita playing in Albany, Western Australia. "If there has to be a definition of world music, this is it" said BBC's Andy Kershaw. Baka Beyond's sound is a fusion of music influenced by the Baka people, African rhythms and traditional Celtic tunes. A combination of soul-stirring West African traditional rhythms, singing and dance of the Baka, with Celtic folk harmonies and singing, "with powerful percussion section, rhythmic guitar and fiery fiddle…" Each musician has contributed their own style to the band.

Like many of Marvel's Silver Age characters, Doom was conceived by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. With the Fantastic Four title performing well, Lee and Kirby were trying to dream up a "soul-stirring…super sensational new villain" for the series. Looking for a name, Lee latched onto "Doctor Doom" as "eloquent in its simplicity — magnificent in its implied menace." Due to the rush to publish, the character was not given a full origin story until Fantastic Four Annual #2, two years after his debut.

The group was formed by (Silas) Roy Crain, launching his first quartet who sang in a jubilee style, in 1926 in Trinity, Texas, United States. In the early 1930s, after Crain moved to Houston, he joined an existing group on the condition that it change its name to "the Soul Stirrers". The name "Soul Stirrers" yields from the description of one of Roy Crain's earlier quartets as "soul-stirring." Among the members of that group was R.H. (Rebert) Harris, who soon became its musical leader.

And the bands have been playing all evening, making > music sweet and soul-stirring, which floats forth in the pleasant evening > air . . . But I am moved when I think that before another evening, this > beautiful scene will be stained in the blood of thousands who are to-night > happy actors in it. > – Holman Melcher Eventually, Melcher was brevetted to the rank of Major by the end of the battle. He was badly wounded in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in Virginia, but survived.

Shri Madhukar has the potential to captivate music lovers and connoisseurs for years to come with great milestones and soul stirring evocative music full of melody, aesthetics and pure music. He has played for many Bollywood movies with well known Music Directors like Laxmikant–Pyarelal for Saudagar 1991, Rajesh Roshan for Koyla, A.R.Rahman for Swades, Lagaan, Ismail Darbar for Devdas, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, M. M. Keeravani for Paheli, Anu Malik for Refugee, Amit Trivedi for Dev D, Ram Sampath for Fukrey, pritam chakraborty for Action Replayy.

Critic David Ansen wrote: > Anthony Peckham's sturdy, functional screenplay, based on John Carlin's book > Playing the Enemy, can be a bit on the nose (and the message songs Eastwood > adds are overkill). Yet the lapses fade in the face of such a soul-stirring > story—one that would be hard to believe if it were fiction. The wonder of > Invictus is that it actually went down this way. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three-and-a-half stars and wrote: > It is a very good film.

Victory Live is the third American Gospel music album released by Tye Tribbett & Greater Anointing on Columbia Records in 2006. Recorded on Saturday, December 3, 2005 at Philadelphia's Deliverance Evangelistic Church, Victory Live captures the group's passionate gospel performance in all its praise- worthy spirit-filled glory. Tye Tribbett and G.A. shared the power of their electrifying soul-stirring new gospel sounds with their fans in Philly and were joined by the biggest stars in gospel music including Mary Mary, Hezekiah Walker, Donnie McClurkin, Kim Burrell and Israel Houghton.

After the race Lemaire said "Soul Stirring certainly has inherited the power both from her sire (Frankel) and her dam. I was quite confident coming into this race. I wasn't sure yet about the distance as it was her first time (at 2,400m) so I wanted her in a good position which I did because she is quick out of the gate. She also has a good lasting speed so I was able to give her the go from early at the stretch and sustain our bid right up to the finish".

Once on Habille, the protagonist and Venn's relationship suffers due to difficulties from the protagonist shifting her attention to her work, and Venn's lack of inspiration in the dull, oppressive city. In an attempt to save the relationship, they move to a village. There, they meet Reni Laer, a musician who plays soul-stirring music with a strange instrument. After listening to his music, the pair meet Wara Duleen, a music student, that explains that the instrument Laer was playing was a flute made of a bone of his dead wife.

Without Parole is a bay horse with a white star bred in England by the Kentucky-based John D. Gunther, best known as the breeder of Justify. In October 2016 the yearling was offered for sale at Tattersalls but failed to reach his reserve price of 650,000 guineas. The colt was sent into training with John Gosden at Newmarket, Suffolk and competed in the ownership of Gunther and his daughter Tanya. He was from the second crop of foals sired by Frankel, an undefeated racehorse whose other progeny have included Cracksman and Soul Stirring.

Awarding the album four stars from CCM Magazine, Andy Argyrakis states, "His commitment to soul-stirring lyrics continues throughout Crazy Faith". Kevin Davis, indicating in a four star review by New Release Today, writes, "This album is sure to connect with all listeners who like sincere and catchy songs filled with truth and yearning for God." Rating the album a 4.3 out of five for Christian Music Review, Laura Chambers says, "As usual, John Waller does not disappoint." Joshua Andre, giving the album four stars at 365 Days of Inspiring Media, writes, "a thoroughly enjoyable and inspiring album".

Reverdy C. Ransom was the first African American to give an address at Faneuil Hall in Boston, Massachusetts. While he was still the Pastor of Charles Street A. M. E. Church, he gave his soul-stirring oration at Faneuil Hall on December 11, 1905, titled: "The William Lloyd Garrison Oration." His powerful address was given for "The William Lloyd Garrison Centennial Citizen's Celebration", an event was held by the Boston Suffrage League to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the birth of William Lloyd Garrison. Bishop Ransom also served as an historian and editor of the A.M.E. Church Review.

Lobo's musical talent would eventually place the island of Sal permanently on the Cape Verdian musical map to rival the islands of Santiago, São Vicente, and São Nicolau as bona fide origins of Cape Verdian talent. Lobo consummately mastered most styles of Cape Verdian music, but he was best known on stage for his effortless, soul-stirring mornas. He could also arouse the crowd with his hard-hitting coladeras. Lobo, as an adult, moved to Praia, Santiago Island (Cape Verde's capital) where he attended Liceu Domingos Ramos and later began his career as vocalist of the band Os Tubarões ("The Sharks").

What better art to retell this tale today?’ According to The Hindu: ‘To call Bhimayana a “book” would amount to a trivialisation—it is a magnificent work of breathtaking art that symbolises the soul-stirring biography of an exceptional leader’. Amitava Kumar, writer and journalist, reviewing it on JJ Books, recommended the book highly, saying, ‘At the end, you feel you have gained knowledge but you need to enter, spiritually and politically, into the book’s larger world to become a participant in a new world’. In 2014, it became part of a compulsory paper in the English undergraduate degree syllabus.

Soul Stirring (, foaled 13 February 2014) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old in 2016 she won the JRA Award for Best Two-Year- Old Filly after winning all three of her races including the Grade 1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies. In the following year she took the Tulip Sho and ran third in the Oka Sho before taking the Yushun Himba and was again rated the best of her age and sex in Japan, winning the JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Filly. She remained in training for two more seasons but failed to win again.

He would also be elected as the secretary of the All India Railwaymen's Federation. In 1946, Basu was appointed by the Communist Party to contest as the candidate for the Railway Employee's constituency in the Bengal Legislative Assembly. He subsequently defeated Humayun Kabir of the Indian National Congress and was elected to the assembly. He is noted to have given a "soul stirring speech" on the presiding food crisis in the Bengal Assembly; according to him the only means of solving the issue was to completely dismantle the Zamindari system and the Permanent Settlement agreement, and to drive out the British with haste.

Amber McKynzie selected it as one of the album's top five tracks, and Gerren Keith Gaynor wrote that it "t[ook] story telling to new height", calling the song "soul- stirring". Jay Cridlin listed "Sleeping with the One I Love" as one of the top 25 songs of 2016, writing that Fantasia "cuts loose on a confident and expansive chunk of retro soul". In Entertainment Weekly, Chuck Arnold identified the song as one of the album's "key tracks". Andy Kellman praised her collaboration with R. Kelly as the "most pairing", writing that the song included lyrics that "she was born to sing".

Veracious is a bay filly with a small white star bred and owned by the Cheveley Park Stud. She was sent into training with Michael Stoute at Freemason Lodge Stables in Newmarket, Suffolk. She was from the second crop of foals sired by Frankel, an undefeated racehorse whose other progeny have included Cracksman, Logician, Anapurna, Soul Stirring and Without Parole. Veracious's dam Infallible showed top-class form, winning the Nell Gwyn Stakes and finishing second in both the Coronation Stakes and the Falmouth Stakes and went on to be a successful broodmare who produced several other winners including Mutakayyef (Summer Mile Stakes).

The Blues Brothers received mostly positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an 84% "Certified Fresh" rating, based on 55 reviews, with an average rating of 7.08/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Too over the top for its own good, but ultimately rescued by the cast's charm, director John Landis' grace, and several soul- stirring musical numbers." It won the Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing and Sound Effects, is 14th on Total Film magazine's "List of the 50 Greatest Comedy Films of All Time" and is number 69 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies".

Mozu Ascot is a chestnut with a white star and stripe and three white socks bred in Kentucky by the Summer Wind Farm. As a yearling in September 2015 he was put up for auction at the Keeneland Association sale but failed to reach his reserve price of $275,000. He was subsequently exported to Japan where he was sent into training with Yoshito Yahagi and carried the yellow and black colours of Capital System Co Ltd. He was from the first crop of foals sired by Frankel, an undefeated racehorse whose other progeny have included Cracksman, Anapurna, Soul Stirring and Without Parole.

The Griots was the troupe that gave the first performance of Jean Genet's play "The Blacks." She also worked with the playwright Samuel Beckett and the director Roger Blin and acted in several films. With a groundbreaking performance in 1973 at La vieille grille in Paris, Toto Bissainthe established herself as singer- songwriter-composer, stunning the audience with her soul-stirring renditions of original compositions that paid homage to the lives, struggles, miseries and spirituality of working class and rural Haitians. The singer and actress Toto Bissainthe was recognized by many as a champion of Haitian music abroad.

As the programme was rich with many notable personalities, it unlocked a door of possibilities for him to grow as a musician in the film industry. In 2008, he debuted into the Malayalam film industry with his composition for the movie ‘Chandranilekulla Vazhi’. Afzal Yusuff has composed a number of songs for films, namely, Calendar (2009), Bombay March 12 (2011), Immanuel (2013), Ithu Pathiramanal (2013), God For Sale (2013), Mailanchi Monjulla Veedu (2014), Theeram (2017), Engeyum Naan Irupen (2017) etc. Apart from composing soul- stirring melodies that make his listeners croon, he has also been credited for introducing many great singers from Bollywood and other industries into Mollywood.

February 2006. Despite the widespread belief that "The Star-Spangled Banner", with its lyrics by Francis Scott Key set to the music of the English drinking song "To Anacreon in Heaven", was the United States national anthem, Congress had never officially made it so. In 1931, John Philip Sousa published his opinion in favor of giving the song official status, stating that "it is the spirit of the music that inspires" as much as it is Key's "soul-stirring" words. By a law signed on March 3, 1931, by President Herbert Hoover, "The Star-Spangled Banner" was adopted as the national anthem of the United States.

In autumn 2017 Kitasan Black was sent directly to the Tenno Sho on 29 October without a prep race. Before the race it was made clear that the horse would retire at the end of the season and would have only two further races: the Japan Cup and the Arima Kinen. His bid to take the prize for a record third time was opposed by seventeen rivals including Satono Crown, Real Steel, Makahiki and the three- year-old filly Soul Stirring (Yushun Himba). Starting the 2/1 favourite he made an unusually slow start but recovered and moved up to join the leaders approaching the final turn.

"Love and War" received general acclaim from critics. Rick Florino of Artistdirect described the song as "a powerful and passionate slice of soul pop" which "showcases the singer's impressive and inimitable range." Florino lent further praise to Braxton's vocal performance, writing that she "belts out each note poignantly" on the "instantly unforgettable chorus," carrying the song "into the pantheon of great music ruminating on the thin line between 'Love and War'". VH1 writer Bené Viera also praised Braxton's vocal ability, describing the song as a "soul stirring ballad" and writing "her vocal prowess covers the deep gutting sound Toni mastered and rises to a perfect alto/soprano perfection".

Ahmed Jahanzeb Usmani (; born 28 May 1978) is a Pakistani pop singer and composer.Ahmed Jahanzeb music on BBC Music website Retrieved 26 January 2020 Known also as AJ and Wonderboy as he released his first record at a very young age of 8, he was born in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Jahanzeb is one of the few singers of the country, who have been trained in classical music and that is why he mostly sings soul stirring slow songs. Jahanzeb was trained under the guidance of Ustad Rais Khan, who made him his shagird (pupil) in a ceremony called Rasm-e-Gandha Bandhi held at the Sheraton Hotel in 1988.

During a 2006 award ceremony, Wang told reporters "For a veteran policeman, to see someone executed and within minutes to see the transformation in which this person's life was extended in the bodies of several other people—it was soul-stirring." Gutmann says it is "extremely unlikely" that all the organs used in these operations were taken from executed death-row prisoners, who would not have been plentiful enough to supply thousands of organ transplants. However, Gutmann notes that Liaoning detained large numbers of Falun Gong practitioners in labor camps and prisons. "It is also germane that both Bo Xilai and Wang Lijun built a large measure of their political power on the repression of Falun Gong," he writes.

The album featured production by Craig Brockman, Nisan Stewart, guitarist John "Jubu" Smith, Timbaland (who contributed four tracks) and Tweet herself. It also featured guest vocals by Elliott on "Oops (Oh My)",Erlewine, Stpehen Thomas "Southern Hummingbird Review", Allmusic, retrieved 2010-12-18 Bilal on "Best Friend", and BeatClub Records' Ms. Jade on "Sexual Healing (Oops Pt. 2)", and included a bonus track performed by Elliott, "Big Spender". The album was filled with soul-stirring vocals and lyrics taken from Tweet's own life experiences. The album spawned another two singles, Timbaland-produced "Call Me", and the radio single "Smoking Cigarettes", which had a video shot and directed by Little X but was never released.

Following its premiere on 3 May 1955 during an exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art, Pather Panchali was released in Calcutta later the same year to an enthusiastic reception. A special screening was attended by the Chief Minister of West Bengal and the Prime Minister of India. Critics have praised its realism, humanity, and soul-stirring qualities while others have called its slow pace a drawback, and some have condemned it for romanticising poverty. Scholars have commented on the film's lyrical quality and realism (influenced by Italian neorealism), its portrayal of the poverty and small delights of daily life, and the use of what the author Darius Cooper has termed the "epiphany of wonder", among other themes.

Hey!' pop-folk movement you may come close to The Neverclaim's self-titled debut." Also, Conner said the album has "Traditional instrumentation is set alongside familiar pop-rock elements to varied effect" on the album. At New Release Tuesday, Kevin Davis wrote that "If you've been desperately waiting for a fresh filling of The Holy Spirit-led worship that is truly unashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, then don't miss out on this incredible album, one of the best of the year for sure. If you feel like most of what you sing in church sounds the same, and you want to experience an uplifting soul-stirring and completely worshipful album, look no further than The Neverclaim.

It is a great master piece that has every essence from crisp dialogues to a meaningful and soul stirring script. The characters are neglected by the society, their quest for a societal status and food drives them to do all kinds of things to just remain in the training period as they want to avoid destitution. Givne that it is a multi layered plot, the narrator (Jaggesh) infuses tit-bits of stories to the viewer and seamlessly weaves them with the main plot. For example, the comedy scenes involving Nagaraj Murthy as a desperate king, who wants to build a mausoleum for his wife, are hilarious and signifies the hold on making the audience waiting for the intuitiveness of the next scene.

On her first run of 2018 Deirdre took on male opposition and came home sixth behind the four-year-old colt Clincher in the Grade 2 Kyoto Kinen over 2200 metres on 11 February. She was then sent to the United Arab Emirates to contest the Dubai Turf over 1800 metres at Meydan Racecourse on 31 March. Starting a 20/1 outsider she raced in mid-division before staying on strongly in the straight to finish third behind Benbatl and Vivlos. On her return to Japan the filly started favourite for the Queen Stakes over 1800 metres at Sapporo on 29 July and produced a strong late run on the outside to win by three lengths from Frontier Queen with Soul Stirring a neck away in third.

Ankur Pathak of HuffPost called the film a "soul-stirring portrait of love, life and death" that is "cinematic equivalent of visiting a therapist". He singled out Chopra Jonas' "extraordinary" performance which he thought was "hard to look away from" while also noting Akhtar's "measured performance" and Wasim's "fantastic" turn. Sreeparna Sengupta of The Times of India gave the film three and a half stars out of five, calling it "a stirring watch" and noting the film scores high on the emotional quotient and the performances of its principal cast. Writing for NDTV, Saibal Chatterjee rated the film three and a half stars out of five, praised Bose for her direction and writing, and added it had been "enhanced appreciably by the presence of Chopra".

After the country was liberated from the Colonial rule and its associated alien thrust, this Great Acharya by his divine wisdom and pure and simple life guided the religious destiny of India. He instilled a sense of harmony and spiritual life among the people of India and received veneration from Mahatma Gandhi down to all the leading personalities of India. His Call to the United nations in His celebrated song "maitrim Bhajata" - cultivate friendship and harmony among different people of the world, - rendered into soul stirring song by the Supreme musician M.S Subbhalakshmi, echoes even to this day. The Acarya started his march of peace and spirituality from this village and ever since this village is a place of pilgrimage not only for the devout but all sections of people.

Real Steel win the 2017 Mainichi Okan Real Steel began his 2017 season in the Nakayama Kinen, as in the previous year, but on this occasion he ran poorly and came home eighth of the eleven runners behind Neorealism. He was expected to defend the Dubai Turf on 25 March but was withdrawn from the race when he bled from his nostrils after a training gallop. He was off the track for over seven months before making his comeback in the Mainichi Okan over 1800 metres at Tokyo on 8 October. Ridden by Mirco Demuro he was made the 4.8/1 third choice in the betting behind Soul Stirring and Makahiki in a twelve-runner field which also included Satono Aladdin (Yasuda Kinen) and One And Only (Tokyo Yushun).

After a late summer break Deirdre returned to the track for the Grade 2 Fuchu Himba Stakes at Tokyo on 15 October and started the 1.3/1 favourite ahead of ten opponents including Lys Gracieux, Soul Stirring, Jour Polaire (Victoria Mile), Crocosmia (winner of the race in 2017) and Frontier Queen. With Lemaire in the saddle she raced towards the rear of the field before making steady progress in the straight and ran down Lys Gracieux in the final strides to win by a neck. Deirdre ended her season with a trip to Hong Kong to contest the Hong Kong Cup over 2000 metres at Sha Tin Racecourse. Starting the 1.8/1 favourite she kept on well in the straight but went down by a length to the front-running Glorious Forever.

His paintings, fruit still lifes and meticulous genre scenes, became infrequent, and it appears that he all but ceased to paint. In 1894, Wilmarth wrote an article “Essentials of an Art School” for the catalogue of the 69th Annual Exhibition of the National Academy of Design. He stated, “… education of the eye and training of the hand are the distinctive functions of art schools. ...It is essential in the evolution of any vital, soul-stirring art, that no instruction should discourage, no curriculum of study should retard, no charm of mere handling should supersede the fullest, freest development of the soul-activities of individual artists.”Wilmarth, L. E.; National Academy of Design, Illustrated Catalogue with Short Letters on Art Topics, 69th Annual Exhibition, 1894, "Essentials of an Art School", p. 21-22.

Joe Louis Walker, also known as JLW (born December 25, 1949) is an American musician, best known as an electric blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer. His knowledge of blues history is revealed by his use of older material and playing styles. NPR Music described him as "Powerful, soul- stirring, fierce and gritty...a legendary boundary-pushing icon of modern blues." Another music journalist noted "If you define 'blues' by the rigid categories of structure rather than the flexible language of feeling allusion, Robert Cray... Larry Garner, Joe Louis Walker and James Armstrong are a new and uncategorizable breed, their music blues-like rather than blues, each of them blending ideas and devices from a variety of sources - soul, rock, jazz, gospel - with a sophisication beyond the reach of their forerunners".

Deirdre's trainer Mitsuru Hashida Deirdre began her three-year-old season by running third in the Kobushi Sho at Kyoto in February and then finished second to Rising Reason in the Listed Anemone Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in March. In the Grade 1 Oka Sho at Hanshin Racecourse on 9 April she started at odds of more than 207/1 but exceeded expectations as she produced a strong late run to finish sixth behind Reine Minoru, beaten less than three lengths behind the winner. After winning the Yaguruma Sho at Kyoto on 7 May Deirdre finished fourth to Soul Stirring, Mozu Katchan and Admire Miyabi in the Yushun Himba two weeks later. After a break of over two and a half months Deirdre returned in August with a win in the HTB Sho over 2000 metres at Sapporo Racecourse.

It is one of the two Palestinian novels of note written before the 1948 Palestinian exodus, the other being A Chicken's Memoirs (1943) by Ishaq Musa al-Husaini. He played an important role also in the 1930s in the development of Palestinian theatre, which thrived down to 1948. Given his strong connections with the Russian Orthodox Church, Beidas became a leading member of Palestine's Orthodox church, representing the Orthodox Christians of Northern Palestine at the Combined Council of Arab Orthodox and Greek Clergy which was charged to administer Orthodox affairs in Jerusalem. On the occasion of the Nebi Musa riots of 1920, which arose in protest at the incipient implementation by the British Mandatory authorities of the Balfour Declaration's opening of Zionist immigration into Palestine, Beidas was one of the key speakers, credited with giving a 'soul-stirring speech.

On her first run of 2017 Reine Minoru started at odds of 3.6/1 for the Grade 3 Daily Hai Queen Cup at Tokyo on 11 February and came home fourth of the sixteen runners behind Admire Mayabi, Aerolithe and Flawless Magic. On 12 March she was made odds-on favourite for the Grade 2 Fillies' Revue at Hanshin but was beat a neck into second place by Karakurenai. Reine Minoru's trainer Masaru Honda In the 77th edition of the Oka Sho over 1600 metres at Hanshin on 9 April Reine Mionoru was partnered by Kenichi Ikezoe and started a 39.8/1 outsider in a seventeen-runner field. Soul Stirring started favourite while the other contenders included Admire Mayabi, Lys Gracieux, Mi Suerte (Fantasy Stakes), Aerolithe, Karakurenai, Rising Reason (Fairy Stakes), Jeune Ecole (Daily Hai Nisai Stakes) and Deirdre.

In the mid-1980s, she received a fellowship to document the traditional art forms, especially Picchwai paintings of Nathdwara. She made drawings of the motifs of these art forms, documented the tools and methods they use, and also corresponded with organizations related to cultural heritage to ask for support for the preservation of these art forms. After the inner turmoil that she experienced post the Gujarat riots in 2002, she was spurred to take up a long-pending art project that dealt with the Kashmiri poet Agha Shahid Ali’s soul-stirring verses full of pain that inspired it. Nilima Sheikh won’t term references in her work as religious, but more art historical in nature, all part of a history that we tend to term tradition or mythology. Actually it is history, part of one’s past, she explains, adding that it’s not merely Western art history.

Variety described the song as "the exuberant second act opener", yet noted "it’s impossible to miss the poignancy of inchoate feelings of loss and hope flooding beneath the surface". The Hollywood Reporter wrote "Only the most chronic misanthrope could fail to get misty-eyed when these mistreated kids glide back and forth on long rope swings singing “When I Grow Up.” That song’s soul-stirring mix of yearning and escape encapsulates what makes Matilda such a joy." New York wrote "It must be a relief for the young actors — I know it is for the audience — when at the beginning of act two they get to sing a lovely, simple, Beatles-like tune called “When I Grow Up” while flying on rope swings high above the stage". The New York Times noted many adults said they cried during this song, "the show’s most conventionally pretty number".

His score for the Ameer-directed thriller, labelled as "soul-stirring", fetched him further accolades and eventually yielded a win at the 2006 Cyprus International Film Festival for Best Musical score in a Feature Film, the first such award for an Indian composer. His successful streak continued with his following releases of that year, the low- budget films Arinthum Ariyamalum, Kanda Naal Mudhal and Sandakozhi becoming successful ventures at the box office; Yuvan Shankar's songs, "Theepidikka", "Panithuli" and "Dhavani Potta" from the respective soundtracks enjoyed popularity and were said to have played an important role in the films's successes. After the release of the soundtrack for the S. J. Suryah-starring romantic comedy Kalvanin Kadhali, that also enjoyed popularity after the film's release, his final album of 2005, Pudhupettai, released, which saw him once again collaborating with director Selvaraghavan. The ten-track experimental album, receiving high critical acclaim, was considered Yuvan Shankar Raja's finest work till then and a "musical masterpiece".

Pauline Kael wrote highly of the film and its lyricism, but lamented the loose structure and lack of contextualizing information: > Szalapski is an attentive and scrupulous cinematographer; he loves his > subjects, and the imagery is so warm and finely detailed that I had a hard > time believing I was seeing a blow-up from 16-mm. But in this film he isn't > yet a director—not fully, anyway ... It's fairly clear that during the > (underfinanced) shooting he caught whatever he could; he couldn't plan a > structure, and he probably wasn't looking for anything as vulgar as a hook > or an angle. Which is too bad, because although there is very little in the > film that isn't friendly or funny or really soul-stirring, it has no > unifying energy. Watching it is like being carted off to a good party by > people who told you where they were taking you so casually that the names of > the people who were going to be there didn't sink in.

Despite viewing its strength as "more in how Blige sings the songs than the songs themselves", Los Angeles Times writer Soren Baker commented that "the lively, supple instrumentation only adds to the force of her already dominating delivery" and noted "a more soul-stirring, straightforward R&B; attitude than the hip- hop/R&B; hybrid of her earlier collections". Rolling Stone writer Touré said "Blige seems to have moved away from the Terry McMillan once-again- he's-breaking-my-heart mantra to, perhaps, an Oprah love-your-spirit ethos". Christopher John Farley of Time wrote that "Mary is somewhat inconsistent in song quality, but Blige's soul-singed vocals save the weaker material". Ann Powers of The New York Times viewed that the album exemplifies a "new conscience" of feminine themes in contemporary R&B; at the time, adding that "if Mary gestures toward an older, non-hip-hop audience, it also makes the claim for Ms. Blige's canonization within the rhythm-and-blues hall of fame".

Edgardo was visited by his father several times under the supervision of the rector of the Catechumens, Enrico Sarra, from mid-August to mid-September 1858. The wildly divergent accounts of what happened during these encounters grew into two rival narratives of the entire case. Momolo's version of events, favoured by the Jewish community and other backers, was that a family had been destroyed by the government's religious fanaticism, that helpless Edgardo had spent the journey to Rome crying for his parents, and that the boy wanted nothing more than to return home. The narrative favoured by the Church and its supporters, and propagated in the Catholic press throughout Europe, was one of divinely ordained, soul-stirring redemption, and a child endowed with spiritual strength far beyond his years—the neophyte Edgardo had faced a life of error followed by eternal damnation but now stood to share in Christian salvation, and was distraught that his parents would not convert with him.

Reine Minoru was stepped up in distance for the Yushun Himba over 2400 metres at Tokyo on 21 May and started the 9.4/1 fourth choice in the betting but after reaching fifth place on the final turn she faded in the straight and came home thirteenth of the eighteen runners behind Soul Stirring. After a summer break Reine Minoru returned on 17 September and finished ninth in the Rose Stakes before running unplaced behind Deirdre in the Shuka Sho a month later. Hitoshi Nakai blamed the poor condition of the track for her disappointing performance in the latter race. On 19 November at Kyoto Racecourse she was matched against male opposition in the Mile Championship and produced a much better effort: starting a 46/1 outsider she settled in fifth place before moving up to dispute the lead in the straight and finished a close fourth behind Persian Knight, Air Spinel and Sungrazer.