Word: smilingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Twentieth Century," the poet scratches her bead at the intellectual custom of answering a question with a question. If it is forbidden to touch a dying person except to remove him from a burning house. Pastan asks, who can she touch' She writes: aren't we all dying' You smile your negotiation smile and ask but aren't all our houses burning...
...remember how angry I used to get with Sadegh Ghotbzadeh [Sept. 27] and that smug smile of his. After reading about his execution, however, I had to feel sorry...
...song for her pet cause, the Foster Grandparents program. Even without a rehearsal, the First Lady and Frank Sinatra, 66, managed a creditable duet. The number is the work of Veteran Songwriters Hal David, 61, and Joe Raposo, 45. (Sample lyrics: "To love a child/ You start with a smile/ And after a while/ A hug and a kiss/ It takes no more than this/ To love a child.") Sinatra's solo recording of the song precedes by a month the publication of Nancy's book about the program, also called To Love a Child (all profits from...
...culture defined by extreme hardship keeps its values simple and its instincts honed. "The hunter in the North, for whom fear and courage are interallied," writes Malaurie, "would smile if one talked to him about heroism." Indeed, he notes, there is no word for heroism in Inuit: "One lives, one struggles, one dies. If there is nothing to eat, you lie down and wait. Emotional involvements are brief. Trouble always lies in the offing...
...Here he comes now. Do you ever feel quite this way with anyone else? Does anybody's smile or greeting affect you as his does? The earth rumbles under his step, horses rear, roses wilt, the stars themselves cool in the dark. It is hard to believe a mere mortal could cause such turmoil. But there you are. -By Roger Rosenblatt