Word: abstracted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...skepticism towards 'meta-narratives' have consciously blurred the distinction between the greatest tragedies and achievements of our civilization. The result is the moral obtuseness and intellectual numbness of many in the academy today, both faculty and students. Himmelfarb shows that postmodernism as an ideology is not at all an abstract debate about the virtues of decentering authors and questioning "modes of emplotment...
...seat belt law] is not an abstract philosophical issue. It's about keeping human beings safe," said State Sen. Michael J. Barrett '70 (D-Cambridge), chair of the health care committee. "[Weld] let his libertarian ideas get in the way of common sense. The seat belt law will save lives and money...
...those from other concentrations looking for introductory computer classes, abstract theory is less important than the many job possibilities open to the computer-savvy. Many student feel that C programming, and understanding of the Internet, are marketable skills even in areas such as business, law and medicine...
...central metaphor of the Mac is the desktop. Like a typical office, the Macintosh screen is filled with folders, documents and stacks of paper. There is even a trash can for throwing things away. Rather than having to memorize ^ abstract commands like A: INSTALL, Macintosh users simply point and click...
Some autistics possess an "excellent ability of logical abstract thinking...