Word: guiltlessly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...stars of death stood over us./ And Russia, guiltless, beloved, writhed/ under the crunch of bloodstained boots,/ under the wheels of Black Marias." So wrote Anna Akhmatova, perhaps Russia's finest woman poet, in Requiem, a moving testimony to those who kept vigils outside prison gates for loved ones swept away in the Stalinist reign of terror. Written between 1935 and 1940, the poem was not officially published in full until last year...
...seem to feel that the most erotic condition of all could not be that of any man or woman, or of any child, or of a human being with two sexes, but that of a very young and effeminate male angel...Such a being may give and take a guiltless delight, wield limitless sexual power without sexual politics, feel all the pleasures of sex with none of the personal risks, can never grow up, never get wise, and never grow...
...because she was not responsible for getting pregnant, implying that we will punish this other woman who had intercourse consensually because she is guilty. Pro-lifers, on the other hand, are not so concerned with laying guilt on the woman as with saving the little child. We say, as guiltless as the mother is, we cannot accept that this child, by being conceived through rape, is somehow less entitled to its right to life than this other child...
...like a lot of people, I love a good campaign. For one thing, It's often the last time you realize that you actually elect politicians into officer. For another, It's good, wholesome, guiltless fun. And a lot of Council candidates run truly entertaining campaigns, Curious to discover the nature of political propaganda, Harvard-style, I made a survey the other night. Here are some totally subjective awards...
...survey of 129 patients' reactions to various substances, Freeman found that about 50% of those tested showed allergic reactions to marijuana pollen. The villain is the male pot plant. Says Freeman: "Fine pollen is produced by the male plant and released into the environment." The female pot plants? Guiltless. They do not transmit pollen...