Presuming you're not one of the few admirable souls trying to keep up with it all, here are 10 competitions you won't want to miss.
Each release was highly acclaimed, and taken as a set they demonstrate an admirable commitment to American soul, with influences that range from James Brown (well, Lyn Collins) to Mavis Staples to Carla Thomas to Gladys Knight to Aretha Franklin.
Elsewhere, the dubstep swagger and overwrought synths of Can You Feel My Heart, and the clumsy poetry of Hospital for Souls reveal an admirable desire to experiment, but for all its aggression and pop-culture pilfering, Sempiternal frequently feels like the work of a band satisfied to slide down the surface of heavy music rather than engage with its true heart.
He acknowledged that "minimalism is an admirable judicial trait," but he insisted that "the soul of thelaw" is "logic and reason," which the court's minimalist approach failed to offer.
While the connection with courage is obvious in a number of texts, there are other texts in which the soul is the bearer of other admirable qualities, such as a Euripidean fragment that speaks of the desire characteristic of a soul that is just, temperate and good (fr. 388).
So, a white woman singing the blues -- who won't sell her body (or her soul) to MTV -- is a defiant, admirable figure.
But even with its good looks and many admirable features, the XC90 lacks the intangible qualities of soul and spirit that make you yearn to go out and take it for a spin.
At the world première of "On the Transmigration of Souls," the piece seemed to be an admirable and original response to a nearly impossible assignment.
As we have established, our Monday Muse is a tribute to women of depth and accomplishment, and most particularly what lies behind them -- the character, sensuality and soul that drives them, and that is so admirable.
The kibbutz members considered her an admirable figure, a woman who had overcome tragedy and poured her entire soul into her teaching.
Many times we may jump to action, which is admirable, but we must also remember not to neglect tending to our souls, minds, bodies and, hearts as we move from surviving to thriving.
