Word: gaunt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first time, eloquence of a sort enters the room. Out of the mud, the lotus flower blooms. I extend a handshake, happy to have what few notes I have, catch an L.A.-bound plane and spend the next three days and nights pondering how to frame this gaunt communication into a story...
...iconoclastic frenzy, urged on by Christian missionaries, they burned or broke nearly all their effigies of tribal gods. The few examples in the Chicago show suggest that the Hawaiians had appreciably less sculptural genius than other Pacific cultures, such as the Maoris or New Hebrideans; but the gaunt, intimidating ferocity of some of the pieces, especially a head woven from vine roots with its mouth outlined in dogs' teeth and its scalp matted with human hair, could coexist with a high order of technical skill. What survived the auto-da-fe in greater quantity was decorative art of lesser...
...guarded, partly because of so many previous promises from Tehran that have not been honored. But barely six hours after the announcement, the Iranians moved Queen from Martyrs' Hospital in north Tehran, where he had been undergoing treatment for four days, to Tehran International Airport. Queen appeared gaunt but smiled broadly as he told reporters that his illness was "something with the brain, some sort of virus, I'm not sure." Exhilarated by the prospect of gaining his freedom, he continued: "I feel a lot better right now, in the last hour. I'll be going home...