Word: expression
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...current tour has been in the works for two years, since the ART received a $250,000 grant from the American Express Foundation. Funds from host festivals and contributions from patrons in the Boston area make up the remainder of the $500,000 budget...
Israel hopes that routing Palestinian forces in Lebanon, mostly at the expense of Arab civilians, will signal the end of Palestinian nationalism [June 21]. Thoughtful Jews, reflecting upon their own often tragic history, surely must realize that humiliation and displacement only strengthen collective identity and the determination to express...
...visitors feel at home. On days of celebration, the monks might incorporate a Yemeni desert dance or a Serbian wedding step into their Mass. Brother John, Weston's prior since 1964, explains how recreation entered the liturgy: "For us, dance is a prophetic community sign, a way to express our hopes, our fears, our faith. It is a sign that contradicts the cynicism and despair that are celebrated today in consumerism and the arms race...
...been badly hurt by inflation and the floundering economy. Says one foreign diplomat in Mexico City: "Mexico's social changes have outpaced the changes in its political system. The middle class is now unhappy, but the political system hasn't adjusted fast enough to allow it to express its unhappiness...
There is cause for a small drop of Joycean malice as well. Dublin's embrace of its prodigal son is both tardy and tentative. The money for the bronze bust did not come from the Irish government but from American Express, to provide an additional lure to the swarms of foreign tourists who annually pay homage to the master. Many Irish natives remain unimpressed. Jerry Davis, a local artist who played the role of Bloom on Bloomsday, says of Joyce: "He was an impudent whacker. I don't really want to be identified with him." Symphorosa Daybell...