Word: humanly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...PAINFUL TO HEAR, this uncompromising faith in the inviolability of life. It was almost unbelievable that any man alive today could utter the word 'truth' or 'God' in America after Vietnam, after Jimmy Carter's human rights campaign, after the eviscerating of an environment--in a land where God, in a 'practical sense', has been hewn into a bare symbol...
...Darlene has a lot of natural sprinting speed compared to other long-distance runners. She has a smooth and efficient style which is the equivalent in human terms to maximizing miles per gallon," Babington says...
Fang Yi and his colleagues have set difficult goals for a country that still relies heavily on human sweat. In the cities, women sweep the streets with brooms they make out of straw. In the countryside, road crews work with pick and shovel; when steamrollers are available, they are usually fuming, coal-burning monsters. Despite the vaunted Chinese emphasis on the dignity of the masses, produce is still conveyed by pedal-powered carts carrying burdens several times heavier than their human engines...
Last year, Section 80 had a name for its hope--Larry Bird, a 6-ft. 9-in. human caricature with a ready-made nickname (and a scraggly blond head of hair.) The Celtics had him hooked before he began his senior year at Indiana State; and the fans, between obscenities aimed at Wicks, talked of little else. While the Celtics had the most wretched year in their history, Bird dominated the Sporting News, leading his little-known Sycamores to the national college finals...
Lebow doesn't bother to find a profoundly all-inclusive theory for his role; he brings a versatile, booming voice, a carefully controlled set of mannerisms, and a simple human magnetism to the stage, and struggles to maintain them in the face of Cain's slings and arrows. His personal triumph stands far above the "general woe" of the rest of the production...