The whole purpose of Man's Hope is to portray the tragic dialectic between means and ends inherent in all organized political violence -- and even when such violence is a necessary and legitimate self-defense of liberty, justice and human dignity.

Mr. Kennan, who has recently abandoned authorship for a new round of diplomacy as the recently appointed American ambassador to Yugoslavia, is not the only man who finds it easier to portray the past than to prescribe for the future.

Gershwin collaborated on the original program notes with the critic and composer Deems Taylor, noting that: " My purpose here is to portray the impression of an American visitor in Paris as he strolls about the city and listens to various street noises and absorbs the French atmosphere.

Gershwin explained in Musical America, " My purpose here is to portray the impressions of an American visitor in Paris as he strolls about the city, listens to the various street noises, and absorbs the French atmosphere.

It is assumed that players will portray the children of the main characters from the books-the ruling family of Amber, known as the Elder Amberites-or a resident of the Courts.

A third option is to have the players portray Corwin's children, in an Amber-like city built around Corwin's pattern ; this is sometimes called an " Argent " game, since one of Corwin's heraldic colours is Silver.

While many versions of myths portray Ægir as a giant, it is curious that many do not.

While the early texts condemn killing in the strongest terms, and portray the ideal king as a pacifist, such a king is nonetheless flanked by an army.

It is a challenge for beading pattern designers to create 2D beading patterns that portray 3D beaded objects.

Right angle weave lends itself better as a technique to 3D beading, but peyote stitch offers the advantage of more tightly knit beads, which is sometimes necessary to properly portray an object in 3 dimensions.

Howard once describes him as having a hairy chest and, while comic book interpretations often portray Conan as wearing a loincloth or other minimalist clothing, Howard describes the character as wearing whatever garb is typical for the land and culture in which Conan finds himself.

Different intensities of hue portray different objectives the cartographer is attempting to get across to the audience.

All the members of the group readily portray their oxidation state of + 5 and the state becomes more stable as the group is descended.

Others suggest that it is Qoheleth deliberately using differing wisdoms to portray his point about the " anomalies " of life.

Since Galen states that he is using observations of monkeys ( human dissection was prohibited ) to give an account of what the body looks like, Vesalius could portray himself as using Galen's approach of description of direct observation to create a record of the exact details of the human body, since he worked in a time when human dissection was allowed.

Other strips portray him as lacking intelligence ( he is seen reading a pop-up book in one strip ).

Hansie is a biographical film released in 2008 about the life of Hansie Cronje that aims to portray him in a positive light and as a victim of circumstance lured by an evil system of illegal gambling and bookmakers from India.

The Barberini Ivory, which is thought to portray either Justinian or Anastasius I

In modern times, Dorothy Dunnett's novel King Hereafter aims to portray a historical Macbeth, but proposes that Macbeth and his rival and sometime ally Thorfinn of Orkney are one and the same ( Thorfinn is his birth name and Macbeth his baptismal name ).

He is also set to portray Superman's biological father Jor-El in the Christopher Nolan-produced Superman reboot, Man of Steel, set to be released in the summer of 2013.

This is why Bearden focuses on Christ ’ s body first, to portray the idea of the myth, and then highlights the crowd, to show how the idea is passed on to men.

The wizard who fashioned West Germany's astonishing industrial rebirth is the soul of free enterprise.

It is not news that Nathan Milstein is a wizard of the violin.

This character is often a formidable wizard or warrior, who provides the main character with advice and help.

This character is an evil wizard or sorcerer, or sometimes a kind of god or demon.

A further link is supplied by the Zulu belief that the magician's familiar is really a transformed human being ; when he finds a dead body on which he can work his spells without fear of discovery, the wizard breathes a sort of life into it, which enables it to move and speak, it being thought that some dead wizard has taken possession of it.

Merlin is a legendary figure best known as the wizard featured in the Arthurian legend.

Merlin is an important figure in films and television programs, where he functions often as a teacher or mentor figure, a role that he shares with other wizard and wizard-like figures in popular texts, such as Gandalf the White.

In the 2010 film The Sorcerer's Apprentice, modern day New Yorker David Stutler, played by Jay Baruchel, discovers he is the last descendant of Merlin and is trained as a sorcerer by Balthazar Blake, portrayed by Nicolas Cage, a former student of the great wizard, so that he may ultimately do battle with Merlin's old nemesis Morganna, played by Alice Krige.

A main belt asteroid is named Merlin in honour of the legendary wizard.

Celtiberian tradition of Wicca, consisting of Fernando Gonzalez ( source ) in the 80's of the twentieth century from the Hispanic Traditional Witchcraft to which he belongs, is a structured religion through the symbiosis between " traditionalism wizard " ( inciatic and mystery ), the historical reconstructionist ( cultural and archaeological ) and " adaptationism " liturgical ( conditioning ceremonial ) of Hispanic Traditional Witchcraft, paganism, religious worship pre-Christian Celtic and Iberian mainly and those that were previously formed ( shamanism, Neolithic and Paleolithic cults ).

In Saxo Grammaticus ' 12th century work Gesta Danorum, where gods appear euhemerized, Ollerus is described as a cunning wizard with magical means of transportation:

Another game that follows the same format is Arcanists ; focused around a wizard theme, was created by Jagex Games Studio, best known for their MMORPG RuneScape.

In the books the Wizengamot is a wizard council and court, of which Albus Dumbledore is a senior warlock.

* Jebediah of Canaan, better known as the wizard Shazam of DC Comics, is born near the end of the millennium.

A witch or wizard with all magical heritage is called a pure-blood.

Voldemort is also a recurring theme among wizard rock bands.

The practice of magic was banned in the Roman world, and the Codex Theodosianus states: If any wizard therefore or person imbued with magical contamination who is called by custom of the people a magician ... should be apprehended in my retinue, or in that of the Caesar, he shall not escape punishment and torture by the protection of his rank.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the first novel in the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling and featuring Harry Potter, a young wizard.

It describes how Harry discovers he is a wizard, makes close friends and a few enemies at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and with the help of his friends thwarts an attempted comeback by the evil wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry's parents when Harry was one year old.

Radagast the Brown is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium.

Radagast appears in The Lord of the Rings and Unfinished Tales, and is mentioned in The Hobbit and The Silmarillion.

Radagast is also described by Gandalf as " never a traveller, unless driven by great need ", " a worthy Wizard ", and " honest ".

Radagast appears in The Silmarillion where he plays a part in helping Saruman, who is a member of the White Council, which was formed to stand against Sauron.

It is mentioned that there are birds among Saruman's spies due to Radagast lending to him his aid, though Radagast knew nothing of Saruman's treachery and believed that he wished to use the birds for watching the Enemy ( Sauron ).

The only other reference to Radagast in The Lord of the Rings is after the Council of Elrond when it is decided to summon all the allies against Sauron together.

Scouts are sent to look for help, and it is reported that Radagast is not at his home at Rhosgobel and cannot be found.

In the real world, Radagast or Rodogast is extant as a variant of Radagaisus, the name of a Gothic warlord who led an invasion of Italy in 401.

In the epic quest line ( Volume I Book II ) the player aids Radagast in dealing with corruption in the Lone-Lands, ending in a confrontation with the Gaunt-Lord Ivar, who is bested by Radagast and driven away.

In the Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game, Radagast is portrayed as a user of subtle magics, contrasted with the more overt kinds used by Gandalf and Saruman.

In the video game The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, Radagast is portrayed as a bumbling and eccentric character, though nevertheless very wise and powerful.

Sylvester McCoy is to portray Radagast in Peter Jackson's upcoming Hobbit films.

The character is only mentioned once in The Hobbit, but McCoy has revealed that Radagast's role has been expanded for the films, and fellow actor Christopher Lee has stated that Radagast has " a considerably important part " in the upcoming film series.

He is also known as Ridcully the Brown, possibly as a parody of J. R. R. Tolkien's wizards by color like Gandalf the Grey, Saruman the White or Radagast the Brown.

Although the character of Radagast is only alluded to in The Hobbit, and only a minor character in The Lord of the Rings, McCoy has revealed that Radagast's role has been expanded for the films, and he has much more than just a brief cameo.

In The Lord of the Rings it is stated that the Eagles of the Misty Mountains helped the Elves of Rivendell and the Wizard Radagast in watching the land and in gathering news about the Orcs.

A notable deviation from the book is that Gandalf summons Gwaihir to Orthanc with the aid of a by-passing moth ( the role of Radagast was not included in the film ).

The most significant change is in the climax, where Frodo and Sam are carried off by a Nazgûl to the tower of Dol Guldur, and the rest of the Fellowship must solicit the help of the Elves of Lothlórien and Radagast the Brown, a wizard, in order to infiltrate the tower and save Frodo before the Witch-king carries him away to Mordor.

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