Word: thirsted
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...billing, there is hardly a page in Forced into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream (Johnson Publishing Co.; 652 pages; $35) that won't rile Lincoln's defenders. To start with, says Bennett, Lincoln was a crude bigot who habitually used the N word and had an unquenchable thirst for blackface-minstrel shows and demeaning "darky" jokes. He supported the noxious pre-Civil War "Black Laws," which stripped African Americans of their basic rights in his native Illinois, as well as the Fugitive Slave Act, which compelled the return to their masters of those who had escaped to free soil...
...Existing publications claim that they target a national audience of university students, covering pop culture and other "hip" topics. The Current knows that many of us thirst for substantive, exciting coverage of the issues that we care about delivered in a sexy, humorous manner...
...past year, however, Giuliani has targeted his blood thirst at members of society who are totally innocent. He attempted to close the Brooklyn Museum because it showed artwork not to his taste. He began to fine jaywalkers. He evicted the homeless from shelters. Holding an open beer can became a minor offense...
...thousands of dollars and is shown in museums across the country. For the first time, Dial is financially comfortable. A man of few words, he acknowledges a modest pride: "It makes me feel good when somebody walks up and looks at a piece." But success has not slaked his thirst to create. "He's never short of things to say [through art]," says Kogan. "What a blessing to have ideas and not be dried up and to feel you always have something you need to be working...
...consumption and the results of that consumption. We are constantly bombarded by mixed messages. Scrawny, undernourished models peek out from billboards adjacent to giant signs announcing the return of Wendy's Bacon Mushroom Melt. We are told to "Have it your way!" "Super size it!" and "Obey your thirst!" But mixed in with the chorus of "Consume, consume!" are the plaintive cries to "Stop the insanity!" Is it any surprise we wash down our Big Macs with Diet Cokes? The only people satisfying the insatiable needs of the capitalist machine and at the same time pleasing the thin-obsessed society...