Word: sickness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...loaded with treacle has just arrived from the nearby Kafr Zirqan. The road is not long, but every step fills me with joy and pride: men stand up as we pass to greet Grandmother. Though illiterate, she is a haven for everybody; she solves their problems and cures their sick with old Arab concoctions of medical herbs unrivaled in our village or in any of the neighboring ones. We buy a big jar of treacle and return home. Behind her I trot along?a small dark boy, barefooted and wearing a long Arab dress over a white calico shirt?with...
...people standing beside a pool filled with ice water, hesitating to jump in. All they need is a gentle push. And I think that such a push should come from Mr. Carter-on behalf of all the sympathizers of Israel in the U.S. -and others who are sick and tired of continuous war in the Holy Land...
...Youth for Sale on the Streets' " [Nov. 28]. There is in fact an obvious solution: eliminate the market. Not once did you mention those who pay for the services of these teens. Without their lust there would be no Mafia involvement, no pimps, no juvenile prostitutes. The sick clods who are degrading these young people need to be strung up by their thumbs...
...Federico Fellini's most recent movie, Casanova. "I am a woman chaser," said the poet, 44, "and Fellini made me understand how hateful it is to touch a woman you don't love. From the moment I saw that film, it was as though I had been sick. I couldn't sleep with a girl. I was really sick." Yevtushenko lowered his head, then raised four fingers and added with a sly grin: "For four days...
...Clausists grew in number even though The Santa Corporation hired agents of the darkest, most venal kind to destroy the movement. The people had simply had too much festivity; they were sick of it; they wanted a break from the fun. The corporate agent's most heavy-handed tactics could not persuade the people to whoop it up one week more...