Among America's great playwrights he was perhaps the most down to earth, the most keenly attuned to the humble but sustaining pleasures of life, as well as its unavoidable sorrows.
New data suggest that the status of the humble fish that has sustained the region for centuries is much worse than previously thought.
But the monks are trying to do so while remaining true to their commitment to live in a world of silence and poverty sustained by humble ventures like jam making.
What came through the tube kept them fed, but what sustained them, and humbled everyone else, was the way they worked together, sang together, kept faith together.
So, Mr. President-elect, I stand before you ready, sustained by my faith, humbled by this opportunity, and prepared to serve.
It suggests that Fu, who came from very humble circumstances and was largely self-taught, was sustained by exceptional talent and a steely yet flexible dedication to his art.
The humbling of the great nobles, an enterprise in which he was sustained by the lesser nobles, became necessary.
Without any extra sacrifices, this can feed and sustain my humble family for three months.
Despite its humble means, "Clapping Music" neatly capped Mr. Reich's experimental period, after which he devised his breakthrough idiom: intricate tapestries of busy rhythms, sustained tones and wordless voices.
Diasporas have sustained us.
