So far, record high gas prices have not dented America's passion for light-duty trucks, like S.U.V.'s, though prices are still well below inflation-adjusted highs in the early 1980's, which reached almost $3 a gallon in 2004 dollars.
These give the poem a far more upbeat ending: Yet I love the finer things . . . this and passion for the light of life have granted me brilliance and beauty.
My passion for color, light, food, wine, music, and dance come from my heritage and can be seen, celebrated, in these canvases.
"He had a passion for bringing light to people, places, events and forces that seemed so far away, but have affected and will affect our lives so powerfully and so profoundly.
At My Humble House, a misnomer if ever there was one, Mr. Leong pursues his passion for ever-lighter, ever-fresher versions of Chinese classics.
Now husband and wife, with a shared passion for concept lighting and homeware, they are launching a new venture, Michael & George, and their debut product range, Stationery Objects, in September.
It charges that he ignored repeated complaints about the key player in the purported embezzlement: a close adviser and part-time deputy sheriff whose passion for flashing lights, guns and other police accouterments kept getting him in trouble.
Silencio, which is named after the creepy theater in Mr. Lynch's 2001 dark mystery/love story, "Mulholland Drive," is an architectural execution of his cinematic passion for shapes, textures, light and illusion.
He held the chair in politics at the University of Durban-Westville (now part of the University of KwaZulu-Natal)and was seconded to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, under Desmond Tutu, where his passion for shining a light on inconvenient truths was given full rein: "I want to find the bastards who killed my friends in Swaziland," he told me.
"Both architecture and dance share a passion for space and light in time, however they are on opposite ends of the spectrum with respect to time," explains Holl, who also teaches a class called The Architectonics of Music at Columbia University and in 1989 exhibited works at the Museum of Modern Art.
