Word: virginal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Lorde, who died in December, explains here her process of revision which was inspired by the destruction of her home in St. Croix, Virgin Islands by Hurricane Hugo in 1989. In her introduction, she writes that in revising she kept two questions before her: "first, What did I want my readers to feel? and second, What was the work of this poem (its task in the world)?" The varying answers to these questions are apparent in every poem; a passion and sense of history shine through like "a molten hot light...
Asked if he was a virgin, he smiled and said he was "a gentleman. You can call me old-fashioned, if you want." He has dated Brooke Shields, but the actress says, with a smile in her voice, "He has not asked me to marry him. Maybe that's going to be on the next Oprah show." Shields, 27, also grew up naked before the camera and understands the slash and burn of early fame. "It is very hard," she says of Jackson, "when your family turns against you, and when anyone you befriend slaps you in the face...
...privileges that remain. Presidential assistants are entitled to diplomatic passports, which means they can obtain them nearly overnight. For entertainment, there are the three presidential boxes at Kennedy Center theaters, which aides often use. Among the choicest berths are vacation homes in the Grand Tetons and the Virgin Islands available at Motel 6 rates...
Lichacz collected the remnants of pottery, some of which are more than 5000 years old, near her birthplace, Managrillo. She incorporates these into pieces exploring the images of the Trinity, the birth of Christ and the compassion of the Virgin Mary...
...birth, spiritual regeneration and her own recycling of past artistic traditions. In "Notre Dame," one of the few paintings on display, a red form emanates from a larger, gray shape. Lichacz says she hoped the image would suggest the birth of Jesus--the blood of Christ originating from the Virgin...