Word: restlessly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...writer. This is especially evident in The Confessions, one of the masterpieces of ancient literature. The book is not only a pioneering autobiography but the forerunner of modern psychology and existentialism. It contains piercing self- examination of the soul ("You have made us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless until they find peace in You") and of the mind ("I cannot totally grasp all that I am"). Indeed, Massachusetts Theologian Brian Daley credits him with being the "discoverer of the person...
Kesey, too, means to convey the imperative of motion. At the center of his loosely related narratives is the Oregon farm, which serves as both the setting for pastoral romances and a pit stop for the wrecked and restless. Old Pranksters pass through on their way from nowhere in particular. The proprietor can be as hospitable as a Bedouin, but not when he is accosted by footloose youths smelling of "sour unvented adrenaline...
...listings. The designer's personal wealth is estimated to be $300 million, plus whatever he keeps after taxes this year on his projected 1986 profits of about $27 million. Lauren, his wife Ricky and their three children -- Andrew, 17, David, 14, and Dylan, a daughter, 12 -- now live like restless aristocrats, shuttling by private jet among their homes in New York, Colorado and Jamaica...
...quite satisfactory enough of a 7 p.m. presence, and this inane scene certainly galls the press. White House stage managers have accordingly become adept at finding appropriate soapboxes and visual backdrops for the President, a series of Potemkin villages not to deceive a ruler but to catch the restless eye of his subjects. When Reagan worries about Republican defections in the farm belt, the presidential podium and the press corps are flown out to a state fair in Illinois, where he can speak against a backdrop of hay. Should there be a show of concern about the Middle East? Vice...
...longer satisfied with apples and oranges, peas and beans, a growing number of Americans are titillating their restless palates with exotic fruits and vegetables. Mostly tropical and native to Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, this colorful harvest used to be found only in ethnic neighborhoods. Now many of these edibles are becoming standards, not only at high-fashion greengrocers but in the supermarkets of several major chains. "Foods that look strange now (as ginger, shallots, bean sprouts and even avocados did not so long ago) may soon be common in our culinary vocabulary," writes Elizabeth Schneider in her carefully...