Word: fleshed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Just as in the Middle Ages, the larger society's misgivings about the flesh are specifically projected onto women. By making one group the symbol for the flesh, people can conduct a war against it as if it were an external enemy, not an inseparable part of themselves...
With the commencement of the insanity trial of Jeff "the Chef" Dahmer, the nation has once again dipped its curious hand into the blue plastic barrels filled with rotting flesh and bone...
...field around him. Massachusetts' Paul Tsongas will probably be considered a regional candidate even if he wins the Feb. 18 primary in next-door New Hampshire. Jerry Brown is still orbiting a distant planet. Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey has been tarnished by conflict-of-interest reports, his failure to flesh out a specific message beyond a comprehensive national health-care plan, and an emerging perception that he is little more than a biography in a suit. And then there is Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, whose embodiment of Rooseveltian notions of government intervention should command liberal loyalties. Instead Harkin is watching...
Most perplexing of all was the terra-cotta bath scrubber, a $5 cookie-shaped object with the texture of a cheese grater. Its purpose is to scrub off skin flakes. This object seemed to symbolize the Origins mentality: "Look at me! I'm mortifying my flesh even though I'm also indulging in expensive toiletries!" Maybe the bath scrubber would make a good gift for your favorite ascetic, but a real cheese grater would work just as well--and be more useful around the house...
...contributions by raising the specter of large numbers of Americans being held in secret prison camps, waiting for rescuers who are being held back only by a lack of funds. Not one of these efforts has succeeded in bringing forward credible evidence of surviving POWs, much less a flesh-and-blood American prisoner. What they have produced in abundance is wild conspiracy theories backed by so-called proof that is generally feeble and often false...