Word: hungering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...polite silence; not the gentlemanly President Liu Shaoqi, who withdrew to the island of Hainan to avoid bringing up the subject of famine. Deng himself sycophantically proclaimed high expectations for grain harvests: "We can all have as much as we want." His own home county would be ravaged by hunger...
...food pantry, on the other hand, is supported by Project Brad, a large state program that organized the Walk for Hunger and donates money to buy food for the pantry...
...role--agreeing on only a $1 million fee for a major production that cost $60 million, lobbying and negotiating with every key person--enough evidence to prove the latter? Madonna identifies herself with Eva Peron, but in what ways? Only in being able to manipulate others to satisfy her hunger for power. Why doesn't Madonna run a charity and help the poor, as Eva did? One wonders why Evita was made for the screen in the first place. Even talented director Alan Parker could not save Madonna. She may be a good singer and music-video and stage performer...
...Empire, an original Star Wars novel continuing the adventures of Luke Skywalker and company; it spent a total of 29 weeks on various New York Times best-seller lists. Like a trip wire on the zeitgeist, the novel provided the first glimmer of the public's fresh hunger for a franchise that had largely lain dormant since the mid-'80s. Indeed, Lucasfilm had pretty much stopped licensing Star Wars merchandise, although that quickly turned around: since 1991, hundreds of new Star Wars products have entered the market, from the usual action figures and trading cards to video games and high...
...this man actually doing for the betterment of humankind? The answer is, Nothing. However, Gates seems to be in a position to control ever greater aspects of our lives. As you put it, he is "the man who is shaping our future." And Gates, with his materialism and hunger for power, seems to be more a detriment to society than a positive influence. By worshipping knowledge over wisdom, by embracing greed over sharing and by clinging to logic without spirituality, he epitomizes the attitude that has brought our world to the sad condition it is in today. GEORG VON BAICH...