Word: phrase
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...devil in me," and ends with a song in which he gives a woman her first-ever orgasm: "Sit back/ And get yourself relaxed," he soothes. The group's name comes from a fireworks ad that Farrell spotted in a dirty magazine; on the album, the phrase porno for pyros is also used as a lyrical description of last year's L.A. uprising. That kind of juxtaposition -- psychedelic sexuality matched with social commentary -- is the strength of the album. The wild abandon of the imagination is connected with the empirical world. "Ever since the riots/ All I really wanted...
Much of the puzzling that has greeted Clinton's public soul-searching surrounds her language, most notably the phrase "the politics of meaning," borrowed from Michael Lerner, editor of the Jewish liberal bimonthly Tikkun. But her fascination with the terrain is all her own. She has been groping for an understanding of "what it means to be a human being in the 20th century" ever since she was 14 and began attending the youth sessions of the Rev. Donald G. Jones in Park Ridge, Illinois. He cemented her sense as a Methodist of an obligation to help the less fortunate...
...reacted to condom giveaways and gay curriculums and throbbing MTV videos as signs of moral breakdown. Those on the left dismissed such concerns as the rantings of religious zealots and shunned almost any discussion of sexual restraint as being reactionary or, worse yet, unsophisticated. "Family values" became a polarizing phrase...
...Democratic convention, Bill Clinton summed up his moderate, New Democrat ideas -- to which he now says he's returning -- with the resonant, unforgettable phrase NEW COVENANT. Here's a tally since July of NEW COVENANT mentions in five major newspapers...
...drag queens and art fags," was taken out of context and straight from the middle of a conversation about BGLSA's perceived image by many gay, lesbian, bisexual and straight undergraduates at Harvard with whom I've spoken over the past few months. Prior to my saying this particular phrase, I had talked about the fact that many gay, lesbian and bisexual students do not come to BGLSA meetings and events because of this false perception. I went on afterwards to state that, indeed, BGLSA includes transvestite members and that these people constitute a valuable and rich part...