Funding is also a burning issue.
Indeed, to an American reader, the novel seems keyed to some earlier historical and cultural moment: an era when having central heating still impressed, the loss of faith remained a burning literary subject, the very idea of personal fulfillment conflicted fiercely with the obligation to parents, and nobody talked about sex -- or anything else.
His denouncer, a self-published Romanian poet living in Wisconsin, has previously focused her righteous ire on the burning subject of corruption in the world of small press poetry competitions.
Part of the growing chorus of committed and outspoken people coalescing around this burning subject, they speak of the measures needed to counter it, as well as their commitments to ending it.
I didn't have a burning passion for any subject in particular, rather an interest in biomedical science in general and perhaps too many outside interests to be prepared to dedicate my evenings and weekends, as well as my official working hours, to pushing back the frontiers of science.
In that light, Booker's most heroic accomplishments — like dashing into a burning building to save a neighbor — seemed subject to question.
Exposure causes a burning sensation and tearing of the eyes to the extent that the subject cannot keep their eyes open, and a burning irritation of the nose, mouth and throat mucous membranes causing profuse coughing, mucous nasal discharge, disorientation, and difficulty breathing, partially incapacitating the subject.
They passed a burning car.
I pulled Colin Powell from a burning jeep.
Trees turned to fire, a burning bush.
