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paean a song of praise or thanksgiving. Recorded from the late 16th century, the word comes via Latin from Greek
paian ‘hymn of thanksgiving to Apollo’ (evoked by the name
Paian, originally the Homeric name for the physician of the gods).
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 "The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario)")
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Paeans for peonies.(Life)
Newspaper article from: The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario); 6/9/2009; 361 words
; ...physician of the gods. As time went on, Paean became identified with the god Apollo, to...these songs started with the invocation O Paean! they became known as paeans, and eventually a paean became any expression of praise. Katherine...
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WANDERER'S PAEAN
Magazine article from: Herizons; 4/1/2007; ; 377 words
; KIM BEGGS WANDERER'S PAEAN Independent REVIEW BY CINDY FILIPENKO...Her sophomore effort, Wanderer's Paean, demonstrates a roots purity that is...uplifting overall sound. Wanderer's Paean deserves to be at the top of the CD rack...
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Pithy paeans
Magazine article from: Washington Jewish Week; 6/22/2006; ; 687 words
; Book Review Pithy paeans Many local essayists contribute to 'What Israel Means to Me' What...the Rockville investigative journalist writes in this book of pithy paeans to the Jewish state. His essay is one of some 80 in the anthology...
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Bindra sings paeans of Kapil Dev.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 6/22/2008; 522 words
; Bindra sings paeans of Kapil Dev New Delhi, Jun 22 (PTI) Kapil Dev may have become a pariah...Cup triumph under his captaincy, BCCI vice President IS Bindra sang paeans of the legendary all-rounder. "He is a cricket icon, the first Indian...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Paeans to the pigskin Touring the football halls of fame.(Going Places)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 10/12/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...the United States: the pro hall in Canton, Ohio, and the college hall in South Bend. Since its debut in 1963, Canton's paean to the pigskin has grown like kudzu in Georgia and has had three major expansions. In 1963, the hall consisted of two connected...
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Paeans to seafarers
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 11/1/2000; 700+ words
; New Straits Times 11-01-2000 Paeans to seafarers Edition: Life and Times; 2* Section: Literary & Books Column: Notes on local lit. fortnightly with Zakaria...
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Paean to Asian women
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 8/16/2001; ; 700+ words
; Ooi Kok Chuen New Straits Times 08-16-2001 Paean to Asian women Byline: Ooi Kok Chuen Edition: 2* Section: Artifacts Memo: (STF) - Yuen Chee Ling's idealised Asian women...
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 "The Sunday Independent (South Africa)")
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Paean of praise smothered by an information overload.(Dispatches)
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Independent (South Africa); 5/31/2009; 700+ words
; ...books, for its connections and digressions into the history of African-American pop and political culture. It is a mighty paean of praise, written in the flush of Obama's victory but, despite its shortcomings, chiefly an information overload, this...
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 "The Mercury (South Africa)")
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Paean to yearning and hope.(Life)
Newspaper article from: The Mercury (South Africa); 8/30/2006; 689 words
; ...unanswered by Angus MacLachlan's beautifully spare script, as it quickly becomes apparent this is not quite a love story, but a paean to yearning, alienation and endless hope. Where did you come from? Madeleine asks on their first night together, a line...
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Paean to the Papcy. (John Paul II as Time's 'Man of the Year') (Column)
Magazine article from: The Progressive; 2/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...position patriarchy. Let's even ignore the preposterous conflation of the realms of entertainment and religion in this overblown paean to the papacy. Let's just take the thing on its own terms, and consider what Time is saying to every woman in the world...
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Paean
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Paean , Paean was an epithet for Apollo, the healer. The paean, a hymn of praise to Apollo and often to other gods, was sung as a prayer for safety or deliverance at battles and other important occasions.
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paean
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
paean, a song of thanksgiving for deliverance from evil or danger, addressed usually to Apollo who, as god of healing, was given the name Paean. Later the word is used for a shout or song of triumph.
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Mujeres al Borde de un Ataque de Nervios
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...even to his mistress. Pepa's progress can be tracked by the film's music: it begins with seductive mariachi music, a paean to love and romance, switches to mock-heroic sounds, and ends with a bitter-sweet song about broken hearts. The comedy...
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Carax, Léos
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...in a variety of ways, not least because the boy doesn't meet the girl for a very long time. On its own terms an evocative paean to Paris, Boy Meets Girl is also an attempt to re-create the French New Wave—in an even more self-conscious...
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Herrera, Jorge
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...at times is little more than a swirling mass of abstract patterns. The poles of realism and expressionism are joined in this paean to revolutionary struggle in the field and with the camera, resulting in the simultaneous distancing and sensuous identification...
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