The decades on either side of the turn of the century saw roaring inflation and the first real evidence of the very young and the very old starving to death in remote areas and in London itself.
After overeating for a day or two, Dr. Levitsky said, people become very finicky; starving yourself will decrease food selectivity.
He also bowled very well, starving the Australians of runs and getting the ball to reverse swing on an abrasive surface.
… If I were an author I would sooner (or very nearly) starve than let anyone hack my book about".
Last year … one was hospitalised for three months in a psychiatric ward following a suicide attempt, another very nearly starved herself to death, and again was institutionalised for five months in a specialist eating disorder unit The study, commissioned by the National Union of Teachers was carried out by professor Merryn Hutchings of London Metropolitan University.
"We don't want to take advantage of singers, who are the very definition of starving artists," he said.
Until the Russian Revolution, this belief was very widely held — "starving in the midst of plenty" was a favourite phrase – but it was quite false and it survived only because Socialists thought always of the highly developed Western countries and ignored the fearful poverty of Asia and Africa.
What the economy needs is a real stimulus that will create real jobs, not an irresponsible package of tax cuts that will inflate the portfolios of the very wealthy while starving the government of the money needed to pay for essential services and to maintain a safety net for the nation's most vulnerable citizens.
She may very well be home starving or puking up the dinner she just pigged out on, looking in the mirror and saying the very same things you say or worse.
It's very vast, I was starving by the time I finished seeing everything.
Let's see here…hmmm...Joyce was the very picture of a starving artist, a virtual exile from his own country, accused of pornography and reviled in his lifetime (and occasionally since) as a writer of unreadable books.
