Word: thirst
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...think that the teaching of black American history at Harvard is imperative. However, it would be wrong to assume that the needs of the Afro-American Department can be met and students' thirst quenched by the study of modern history alone. The study of the experiences of black people during the last four hundred years must be complemented by the study of our ancient and African heritage, the study of thousands of years of the rich historical and cultural background of black people in Africa...
...expanded public service employment. Humphrey has a close and longstanding association with Walter Heller, head of the Council of Economic Advisers under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson and a member of TIME'S Board of Economists. Says Heller: "Hubert is still the quickest study in the business." Humphrey, whose thirst for new ideas is almost as insatiable as his need to talk, is in constant touch with other experts like Nathan...
...appoint all of the commissioners. Bills passed by the House and Senate do that-but they also make other widely disputed revisions in the election law, including provisions limiting corporate and union efforts in fund raising. While conferees haggle over differences in the two bills, the presidential campaigners thirst for cash...
...Flying Corps, the "knights of the air" in their gyring Sopwiths, preserved the image of man-to-man conflict. The other was Arabia. On that exotic chessboard-as described by Lawrence and imagined by thousands of readers who would never go there-battle regained its heraldic quality. Despite the thirst, flies and scorching heat, "the march became rather splendid and barbaric ... the wild mass of twelve hundred bouncing camels of the bodyguard, packed as closely as they could move, the men in every variety of coloured clothes and the camels nearly as brilliant in their trappings. We filled the valley...
YELLOW JESSAMINE (entire plant): thirst, dilation of the pupils, reddened skin, headache, high blood pressure and rapid pulse, convulsions, delirium and coma...