Word: stirred
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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INHERENT in my coming forward in print was a kind of familial betrayal--what Richard Rodriguez might call a "sin against intimacy." Later, when I asked the controversial author about the power of writers to stir thought, he responded under his breath that "writers have only the power to offend..." I have obviously done that...
Furthermore, new jails stir vast public resentment. "Everyone wants more prisons," says Ashe, "but always somewhere else." Four years ago, Massachusetts sited a new prison near the village of New Braintree (pop. 900). Townspeople rose up vehemently against the plan, but Governor Michael Dukakis stuck to his guns...
...LHMS member said the society was unaccustomed to dealing with controversy. Teresa A. Martin '92, vice president of LHMS, said the debate caused an unexpected stir...
...said last week, "Except for the Germans, no one in Europe wants reunification." British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has given broad hints of her feelings. At a dinner at 10 Downing Street in honor of Polish Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki last week, she said the developments in Europe "may stir deeply felt anxieties." Poland and Britain alike "have had experiences in this century which have left their mark and which we are determined should not happen again." Although Thatcher assured Genscher later in the week that she will support his plan in the spirit of allied unity, she has also...
Soprano June Anderson, opera's newest diva, evokes comparisons to Maria Callas -- for her command of bel canto as well as her tendency to stir things...