Word: thrusted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Professor of Law Derrick A. Bell, who has himself turned to fiction in his recent work on civil rights law, recalls the discussion between Gates and Huggins: "Basically, they said that the great thrust of Afro-American history was to correct the record--to show that Black folk played a very important role," Bell says. "But the historical role tended to be a correction of the record, while the literary people can provide a continuous range of views about the record...
...shuttle may serve some auxiliary role in the space program, but the thrust of the program should be to further scientific knowledge of space. Even sending astronauts beyond earth orbit would be a welcome break from the cargo-hauler routine of the shuttle, for it would at least appeal to the imaginatior of the average person. Clearly, however the greatest scientific returns come from increased use of spacecraft. Although the shuttle is back in service, the United States still lacks a successful space program...
...P.L.O., the timing could not be more favorable. The meeting will come only a week before the first anniversary of the Palestinian intifadeh in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. That uprising, more than any other event, has thrust the Palestinian issue to the forefront of the international agenda. Just as repressive Israeli measures altered some perceptions about the Palestinians and generally bolstered international sympathy for their cause, Shultz's refusal to grant a visa put Arafat in the headlines and renewed debate on whether the U.S. should acknowledge the P.L.O. as the sole representative of the Palestinian...
...view without ceremony. Her poses seem fallen into, not directed, as natural and unaffected as could be. But what holds one's eye is the resolution Diebenkorn finds in the architecture of the body: the way a transverse arm cuts across the gourdlike shape of hips, the thrust of a shin redefining the space around it, the clear slicing of light into dark and profile into void. Diebenkorn's line learned its decisiveness in front of the model. It is clear and energetic, but less meaningfully so, in the earlier landscape abstractions. Some of these are beautiful drawings, but they...
...Only weeds, leaves and lily pods are for sale, at 50 cents a miserable bunch. Even the richest cannot find food here. A civil servant like Michael Apollo eats only one bowl of boiled weeds a day and sends his family to beg at emergency feeding centers. Everywhere people thrust themselves forward, baring their bony chests and screaming, "Look how hungry...