Word: barks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...then again, neither could Yale. The Bulldogs, who came onto the ice singing and cheering each period, showed a much stronger bark than bite for the first two periods, with skating that looked more like a Marx Brothers extravaganza than a hockey game...
There is nothing ennobling about death by starvation. It is neither quick nor painless. A starving person wastes away, literally consuming himself in the process. In a desperate quest for sustenance, many of the Cambodian refugees report, they were reduced to eating leaves or gnawing on the bark of trees. Neither contains remotely enough of the three major fuels that provide a body with energy: carbohydrates, proteins and fats...
...sanctuaries near the Thai border used by the Pol Pot forces, Cambodia faced yet another horror: a famine. At least 2 million people are believed to be on the verge of death by starvation or disease. Many have been reduced to eating the leaves off trees, peeling the bark and boiling it, digging for tubers and roots. Malaria is commonplace, as is a severe form of bleeding dysentery. Several French doctors who visited the country believe an outbreak of bubonic plague may be imminent...
...there on the floor in those jeans and took those endless notes on his yellow pads. At other times he seemed more like a participant in group therapy. He wanted to hear what was wrong with him, how he had failed. Give it to him with the bark off, again and again. He seemed at times almost to savor the punishment. For hours, for days, Jimmy Carter counseled with dozens of diverse citizens flown to the Maryland mountaintop. He was writing one of the most extraordinary chapters in presidential decision making...
...open, they shed their dry, yellowish skins for the last time. Soon the males strike up their cacophony of ticking, buzzing and shrill whirring sounds. It is all music to the females, who slit open tree bark after they have been impregnated and store their fertilized eggs there. A few weeks later, both parents die. But cicada life goes on as the eggs hatch. The newborn nymphs drop to the ground, burrow, and the age-old cycle starts anew...