Word: breaths
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...poetry world took Barr's criticisms kindly. A response from Sidney Wade, president of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs, included the words peculiar, laughable, nonsense and offensive. (Poetry, to its credit, printed most of the letter.) "I can name 20 exciting poets writing today in one breath, and, I bet, so can you," wrote a blogger. "Perhaps what has gone stale is Barr's reading of contemporary poetry...
...demand for their work grew, the families of the seamstresses reluctantly permitted them to work together at a workshop in the town. That was a breath of freedom for the girls who sit on cushions on the floor chatting while carefully using needles to work colorful silk threads and beads onto garments, bedding, cushions, and soft leather sandals and belts sent from Cairo or Florence. These sheltered women, most of whom have never set foot outside of Siwa, have been delighted to see recordings of the Scervino Milan show and images of beautiful women posing on the covers of Cosmo...
...Chroniclers of higher education waited with bated breath to see whether repealing Early Action here would prompt other highly selective colleges to follow suit...
...don’t get a bit frustrated when the Eliot House e-mail list erupts into a “debate” over the political issue du jour, when some student group sets out to “solve” hunger, racism, war, and bad breath, or when someone makes a particularly snooty comment in class. Rather, I’ve learned to see—or at least tried my very best to see—this university’s multitudinous warts and annoying quirks for what they are: part and parcel of what makes...
...Dzieglewicz) first won the Dearborn seat in 1932 and held it for more than two decades before his son took over. Together, the Dingell dynasty covers nearly a third of the nation's history. "He was a skinny little shrimp," Dingell said of his dad. "Never drew a decent breath of air. Supposed to have died of tuberculosis in 1914. When the doctor told him that he had six months to live, Pop looked at him and said, 'Doc, I'll piss on your grave.' And Dr. Conway, whom Dad loved, died in '35. Pop died...