Word: thirsts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...actually providing its hideous adversaries with resources they should never have access to. The method of generously distributing weapons and training in the name of creating an environment where weapons are used properly, instead of taking them all away, is just like drinking poison to quench one's thirst; ammunition flows almost smoothly into the hands of the very people that the rifle program intends to control. Moreover, some talk show hosts are advocating the job of introduction of more fragile souls into the realm of hatred and violence. Freedom of speech, here, has gone...
Like Suzuki, many Japanese thirst for attractively priced foreign goods. When the U.S. Commerce Department opened an office in Osaka to distribute mail-order catalogs from firms such as Neiman Marcus and Lands' End last year, more than 2,000 were snapped up the first weekend. But it will take thousands of scenes like that one to begin to deflate...
...redeeming it beyond its value as sheer escapist entertainment. Fortunately, it has no aspirations to be any more than that. It's a fairly pleasant drop of water, a bit more well-rounded and shiny than what usually flows from student pens. If you're looking to quench your thirst for bubbly romantic plots and fizzy characters, stop by Leverett House...
Kinnell, who is a professor of creative writing at New York University, read from his new book Imperfect Thirst as well as from older works spanning his career. When asked why he chose a poem about one of his children to begin, he said that the type of day which showed winter was about to begin reminded...
Kinnell, author of Imperfect Thirst, read poems including Keats' "Ode To Autumn" and "The Owl" by Edward Thomas...