Word: hungers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There is such a hunger for romance, for decent emotions, that people will probably go to see this film despite its vulgar ineptitude. But it is a shame that the romantic spirit should, these days, be the first refuge for the charlatan, the last for honest craftsmen...
...instance, Jacobs thought a horse simply needed peace and quiet, he would remove him to a dark, remote stall. If a horse wouldn't eat, Jacobs would move him next door to a horse that ate like one, chop a hole in the wall so the hunger striker would observe the mad gluttony in the next stall and, sure enough, the power of suggestion usually worked. Once Jacobs determined from what he felt was a pained expression on a mare's face that her shoes were too tight, and another time he diagnosed a horse's problem...
Donald Woods, a white South African journalist, was responsible for much of the public outcry after Biko's death. South African officials tried to pass the death off as the result of a hunger strike; later, they attributed it to self-inflicted injuries. But Woods and other South Africans forced the government to conduct an inquest into the death--an inquest that was closely watched from abroad as well as from within South Africa. As the judge did not find anyone in South Africa guilty of mistreating Biko, or of covering up mistreatment, the rest of the world reached...
...Walk for Hunger was founded by the Paulist Center, a downtown chapel and educational center, but Meyer says, "We've reached out in the past few years and made it an ecumenical event...
Larry Meyer, coordinator of the walk, said yesterday 63 per cent of the money raised goes to about 20 local feeding projects, including Shelter in Cambridge and Respond in Somerville, while 15 per cent is for overseas projects and 14 per cent is for hunger education and action projects. The remaining money covers administrative costs...