Word: fleshed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While the state was not out for "a pound of flesh," Kiernan aid the Twitchells must be held accountable for not seeking medical help for their son, Robyn, who died on April 8, 1986, after a five-day illness. An autopsy showed he suffered from a bowel obstruction...
...from his proximity, longtime antiapartheid activists take satisfaction from the mere sight of him. For a sometimes dispirited American civil rights coalition, Mandela provides, as he has before, a rallying point and common cause. For the many blacks who have begun to call themselves African Americans, he is a flesh-and-blood exemplar of what an African can be. For Americans of all colors, weary of their nation's perennial racial standoffs, his visit offers the opportunity for a full-throated expression of their no less perennial hope for reconciliation...
...short on political message, except for a five-second sermon about fishermen before "The Downeaster Alexa" and a peace sign after "Goodnight Saigon." But Joel bantered with the audience frequently, chatting about life as a rock'n'roll star. With the lucky fans in front, he pressed the flesh...
...Oregon's Umpqua National Forest, a lumberjack presses his snarling chain saw into the flesh of a Douglas fir that has held its place against wind and fire, rockslide and flood, for 200 years. The white pulpy fiber scatters in a plume beside him, and in 90 seconds, 4 ft. of searing steel have ripped through the thick bark, the thin film of living tissue and the growth rings spanning ages. With an excruciating groan, all 190 ft. of trunk and green spire crash to earth. When the cloud of detritus and needles settles, the ancient forest of the Pacific...
...grandfathers into the woods. They rise in the dark at 3 or 4 in the morning, pull up their suspenders and adjust rough hide pads on their left shoulders. The pads cradle the saws and, like trivets, shield the men from the hot blades that would burn their flesh through their flannel shirts. Their pants legs are tattered so that if they are suddenly snagged, the material will tear rather than hold. They do not wear steel-tipped shoes for fear that if a massive limb falls on their feet, it may turn the metal down and sever their toes...