Word: thread
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What does matter, Hillerman says, is the common thread that being raised "poor, rural, immensely dependent on the weather, [and] in relative isolation," gives. It is this shared experience that makes him more comfortable at the Two Gray Hills Trading Post in northern New Mexico than at a faculty meeting at Albuquerque's University of New Mexico, where he taught journalism for several years...
When this frail old man finally succumbed to the Parkinson's disease and lung ailments that had sparked rumors of his demise for years, most Chinese registered barely a sigh. Black-clad television announcers proclaimed his death just a few hours after it occurred, while traffic continued to thread through Tiananmen Square. The casual manner in which Beijing residents went about their daily routines offered eloquent proof that the Chinese have accepted their leader's mortality and long since discounted his loss. "We are at ease with the thought that things will be all right without Deng," said Beijing writer...
...Emmanuel congregation and occasional visitors are wildly enthusiastic about Bach. This is the common thread that binds the community together, even more than the Episcopal faith observed here, as many members are Catholic, Jewish and atheists. Susan Zawalich, Administator of Dudley House and former administrator of Emmanuel Church, says that "the Bach cantata series is the touchstone for the rest of the music programs there, the generator of the church's activities...
...writing has changed immensely," says the Artist. "Getting married has really got me focused. Songs come to me a lot easier. This album--I could almost see the whole thing done in my head. The common thread is love--even the angry songs I tried to resolve positively...
...moods. What If We Went to Italy is a seductive lilt about a lazing lover's itinerary. In Ideas Are Like Stars, inspired by artist Joseph Cornell, she considers, with a child's severe wonder, the expanse of the human intellect. Ideas "teach you to fly without wires or thread/ They promise if only you'd let them." The music is a lovely droning that sounds like signals from a sympathetic galaxy. The majestic center of Carpenter's strongest album yet, the song reminds us of the universe of emotions--and ideas--that artists like Carpenter and Colvin can summon...