Word: throat
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...apologies to his academic peers, writing that his analogies shouldn't be taken "too seriously." But this does little good when chapter after chapter illustrates the inherent "selfishness" of genes and the organisms they "control." By implication, this can be read as a simple justification of inequality and cut-throat competition in society...
...excusable--weren't we all freshmen who thought the housing lottery was the most important event of our lives once, and would have done nearly anything to avoid the horrors of the (a) Quad or (b) River?--the public endorsement of this demonstration of win-at-all-costs, cut-throat spirit of competition can only be termed reprehensible. Fair play, anyone? Dean Spencer...
...never thought to question my art; it's like breathing to me. Without it I would have to cut my throat. It is what gives me my sanity, beauty and life," she said...
...neared these women it struck me that they did not look mysterious and alluring in their safsaris, as in Arabian Nights or in my fantasies. They looked anonymous and shapeless. Almost every woman gathered the folds of the robe at her throat with one hand and clutched an infant or a bag of vegetables with the other. Their identical, self-effacing garments (which, however, are not religiously sanctioned, and do not veil the face) and their burdened hands bespoke the modesty and servility which characterizes the Muslim woman everywhere...
...family reunions. There were embraces, but never squeals of excitement, or sudden, arms-extended dashes across the room. The group would become quickly absorbed with locating luggage or a cart. The man would walk off in one direction with his wife tagging behind, still holding the safsari at her throat and the bundle at her side...