Word: soulfully
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Think of this distinction in terms of the dividing line between academia and much of the the media. Top academics can labor for years to produce narrow, precise insights into literature, science or the human soul, while many in the media eagerly seek to identify supposed trends as quickly as possible. When the number of racial minorities admitted to the class of 2003 dipped only slightly, the Crimson was quick to proclaim "declining diversity." When a smattering of anti-sweatshop rallies took place on a few campuses this spring, the New York Times was eager to herald a vast revival...
...romanced. I like a poem to take my hand, twirl me around, offer me wine and roses and seduce me into its satin-draped bedroom for the night. I want poetry to move me beyond myself. I want poetry to offer itself up to me body and soul and say "take me, love me and sigh because I am beautiful, sigh because your heart rips apart when I speak...
...come back now, you hear? I expected to read, my soul as a Southern Virginian recently lost somewhere in New England and enthusiastic to give due mourning to the loss of its native tongue...
...Between the charming chair-dancing routine in Salt and Pepa's "Shoop" and a seductive rendition of Janet Jackson's "Velvet Rope," there came a point in the performance where neither Salt nor Pepa nor Ms. Jackson herself could have better choreographed the dancing to the words, melody and soul of the music...
...little bit about yourself..." I lean forward toward the camera and prime myself to unleash a storm of charisma. Then, I reconsider. I reflect on the seven hours I have spent waiting on the street, I consider my numb extremities, and I peer deep within my exhausted soul...