Word: breathe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...more importantly) women" trying to live closer to the Holy Spirit than their neigh- bors. "More and more, by a kind of fatality, you see them draw apart from their coreligionists, a hive ready to swarm. There is provocation on both sides . . . Then, while you hold your breath and turn away your eyes in fear, the break comes; condemnation or secession, what difference does it make. A fresh name has been added to the list of Christianities...
...reality than the delineation of the principal characters. When the book is finished the people fade, but the riddles of existence and the cruelties of love remain as vivid images. And Alexandria remains as well, with its dusttormented streets, its lemony sunlight, where even the sulky young "struggle for breath and in every summer kiss they can detect the taste of quicklime...
...intrigues and ineffectual cunning. One by one the moderates fell from power; then the toughest extremists took over and sealed the fate of the Queen they called "tigress thirsting for blood," "cannibal woman," "implacable harridan who for too long profaned the holy land of liberty with her pestilential breath...
...urge, densely packed cities have yielded up their most precious commodity-space-to create the great, timeless squares, piazze, places and Plätse. The best and most famous are the squares of Europe, handsome units of big-city living, often breathtakingly beautiful, exciting to walk through, and a breath of fresh air amidst the clutter of urban living. Against their splendid backdrops have unrolled many of the high moments of history. Through the centuries they have served as inspiration and model for the world's great architects...
...over next week to catch them." So Colleen Dicks, who had been threatened with cancellation of her ninth birthday party last week because she had German measles, had a party after all. As she blew out the nine candles Colleen presumably sent a virus-laden breath over Guest of Honor Antonia Stevens. Colleen also bestowed infectious kisses on Antonia and her brother Mark...