Word: earthly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Finally, he descends into hypocrisy, or confused enthusiasm for his line of reasoning. Denying funds to pregnant women will, he implies, somehow encourage the state to address the more fundamental needs of the poor--education, housing and so on. Who on earth believes that a society which will not help the vulnerable in crisis will get around to helping them with chronic problems? What disingenuous nonsense First-trimester abortions are the sole concern of the pregnant woman, under the confidential advice of her physician. Denial of funds is imposition of parenthood. N. W. Patterson Lecturer on Celtic Languages and Literatures
Every autumn, the hills of Vermont turn into earth-toned peacocks, sporting a spectacular array of red, yellow and orange leaves. From afar, the hills look dappled, warm with a brown and purple and reddish hue. The closer you get, the more you see the outbursts of color...
...autumnal display is more than nature's way of attracting tourists to Vermont. As the earth begins to tilt away from the sun after the autumnal equinox, the sunlight reaching New England takes on an intense quality. During this time, the trees begin to prepare for the Northeastern winter...
...wondered if I should feel guilty. The protestors had gotten to me, at least by pricking my conscience. I knew that these so called good-will tours were a farce, a public relations extravaganza for one of the more evil governments on earth...
...self-assurance; who shop at Benetton's and Bergdorf's, have plenty of style, plenty of clothes; who do not leave home without American Express. But they do leave home. Breezy, noisy, they lope about the fashionable streets like flocks of orphans in Brazil or in Beirut, like the earth's poorest children -- hanging out, swooping into saloons where no one looks twice at the doctored ID cards; the kids' money is good. Don't blame the saloonkeepers, say the sociologists. Blame the moral carelessness that parents pass off as the gift of freedom as they cut their children loose...