Word: guardian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...little Amigo scooter. "We were always telling her, 'God, would you slow that thing down?' " says Mary. Sue's customers made their own change. She hooked rugs and played bingo and, by general consensus, spoiled little Danny. Every Sunday, when he was old enough, they would bicycle to the Guardian Angels Church nearby for the 10:30 Mass...
Today the hinge of Jewish history, the guardian of Jewish destiny, is Israel. After Europe, there was no other choice. It is a terrible irony, however, that the relocation of the heart of Jewish life to a tiny patch of land hard by the Mediterranean makes possible the final realization of Hitler's project. Now it will take but a few nuclear missiles or a battery of poison-gas Scuds to complete the final solution...
...third guardian at the gates of hope is a fear of seeming boosterish. Naked sincerity and enthusiasm can be embarrassing. One must protect one's reputation for skepticism. One doesn't want to be thought of as a cadre or a Moonie, like those absurd Reaganites of the early- to mid-1980s. Nor does one want to be associated with the real Clintonite swooners, not all of whom are youths in their...
...stark lines cry out in anger. Despite the eloquence of the language and the almost hypnotising rhythm and minimal punctuation, the poems stir up a sense of defiance and even frightening hurt. Lines like "as, with a smile of pity and stealth,/ she buttered fresh scones/ for her guardian bones/ as they trampled him into the earth," which place violence next to seemingly harmless images, abound in these poems...
...says. In Zaire mourners in a funeral procession threw stones at the car in which Suau and his guide were riding. On one of the major drug-sale corners in the South Bronx, people in the buildings above heaved eggs and rotten food at Suau and the cortege of Guardian Angels who were escorting him through the neighborhood...