Word: thralldom
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...sell lots of "I Survived the Snake House" t-shirts? Proponents of zoos say that the public needs to see animals up close so we will be moved to fund habitats around the world. But try telling that to the unlucky beasts who get to waste away in thralldom so other animals half a world away can have better grass...
...soul of her sister and his wife Stella (Kim Hunter), Williams personified what was for him the essential conflict of modern life. The newfound footage adds a touch of $ evil to Brando's work, makes Blanche a bit more vulnerable and stresses the genteel Stella's sexual thralldom to Stanley. But we're talking emphasis here, not basic reinterpretation...
...Allah's children. As Gibreel and Saladin try to make their afflicted ways through contemporary London, a fascinating tapestry unfurls behind them. This backdrop contains vivid scenes -- among them, the subjugation of an immense subcontinent and ancient cultures by an upstart island, and the upheavals that result when this thralldom is abruptly ended. But the history is parceled out in telling, individual details, people and places caught up in a grand design of which they are innocent and that, in the long run, may turn out to be simply chaos...
...Weldon's new novel speaks for all women who believe that their intellects will never free them from their biology. To her credit, Author Weldon sees high comedy in this complaint. Her characters-Chloe, Marjorie and Grace-do indeed twitch to nature's rhythms, but the thralldom of their bodies is endlessly amusing to their unfettered minds...
Delivery Into Thralldom...