Word: joyfullness
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Heterosexuals as well as homosexuals link their identity with the sexual act. It's easy to forget this because heterosexuality is accepted in mainstream America. Moreover, to say that copulation is "the most base of all human instincts" degrades a joyful and natural experience. Sex was given, by God if...
Yet despite these good works, the people of Baalbek resent the Iranian accents affected by their local sheiks, the ban on alcohol and the isolation of their economy. "Lebanese Shi'ites are a joyful people," says Hussein, 40, a shopkeeper. "We don't mind Hizballah fighting Israel, but they're...
It is hard to remember any time since the mid-'70s when there has been such a sudden flowering of reflective songwriting. Back then, the smash success of the Eagles, with their ingratiating harmonies and their canny outlaw lyrics, kicked open the doors for a whole generation of songwriters, from...
There are, Minter admits, plenty of trying moments. "But then," she says, "occasionally there is the exceptionally joyful or rewarding moment that makes it all worthwhile."
That joyful scene was staged amid the ruins of what had been a gleaming metropolis. It was backlighted by towering orange flames on the horizon where hundreds of oil wells, torched by fleeing Iraqis, continued to burn and block the midday sun with huge curtains of dense black smoke. The...