Word: humanize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lottery!"--a lottery that pays off only delusion. Hwang also plays with the notion of illusion being more powerful than reality, continuing with a theme he develops in M. Butterfly. Like M. Butterfly, 1000 Airplanes on the Roof is in many ways a study of what happens to the human spirit when all conventions and beliefs are stripped away, leaving the soul unprotected and forced to face a mocking reality...
Barney Frank did nothing to permanently disqualify himself from the House of Representatives. His errors were human, not evil. His story commands pity, not self-righteousness. Most importantly, Frank never broke the public trust by abusing his elected office for personal gain...
...cattle to plod 50 miles and six days from Roundup to Billings, U.S. Highway 87 had to be closed for two days. Saturday mail service to 15,000 Billings residents was canceled in anticipation of the drive's arrival, which produced something unknown in days of yore -- gridlock. One human death (a 68-year-old spectator suffered a heart attack) occurred during the drive, and half a dozen injuries were reported. Another casualty, noted by few, was the historic fact that the legendary killer winter of 1886-87 wiped out the open-range cattle business in Montana. Great long-distance...
...Such chemicals promise attractive alternatives to dangerous synthetic pesticides. Other jungle chemicals have already led to new treatments for hypertension and some forms of cancer. The lessons encoded in the genes of the Amazon's plants and animals may ultimately hold the key to solving a wide range of human problems...
...rain forest is deceptively fragile. Left to itself, it is an almost self-sustaining ecosystem that thrives indefinitely. But it does not adapt well to human invasions and resists being turned into farm- or ranchland. Most settlers find that the lush promise of the Amazon is an illusion that vanishes when grasped...