Later, he pulled down a thorn tree branch and showed us a weaver ant, a creature whose notable feature sounded like a cautionary tale for offspring inclined to be difficult: Weaver ants, he said, make use of their babies for basic survival.
Patriotic or not -- and whether done on impulse, for recreation or for basic survival needs -- shopping is usually a social activity, a point duly emphasized in Mr. Hollein's show, which he organized with Christoph Grunenberg, the director of Tate Liverpool.
This income is not for luxuries but for basic survival needs.
Buffy re-runs are a constant," says Sophie, "not just for lesbian/queer fandom, but for basic survival".
Energy used for cooking and heating, both of which are required for basic survival, accounted for most of the energy consumption.
Many refugees describe a life that is a constant struggle for basic survival, walking for hours across Rome to get food at handouts from churches or NGOs.
Buffy reruns are a constant," says Sophie, "not just for lesbian and queer fandom, but for basic survival".
As the economic vise grips more and more people, increasingly the options for meeting basic survival needs (the purchase of food, access to medicines, and so on) are being squeezed.
The GOP, once a relatively sane and stable political platform, with solid -- if wildly uptight -- principles, now wallowing in the shallow end of the moral and intellectual pool for its basic survival.
