Word: actuallity
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...with its sun-blasted beaches and tranquil coastlines, what could possibly be frightening about Florida? "The actual environment down here is a bit scary in that everything grows everywhere all the time," King says. "I don't think it's any accident that when I had the idea for the book, I was walking down the side of a road, it was getting dark, and I was literally entombed in foliage?big rhododendron bushes, like 20 feet high...
...mass media. "And if you don't have people asking who you are, you're nobody." University of Pennsylvania sociologist David Grazian, who wrote On the Make: The Hustle of Urban Nightlife, calls personal paparazzi reality marketers, who make the act of being photographed more meaningful than the actual photos. "The goal isn't to produce a product," he says. "It's to heighten the experience of the event. In that sense, there doesn't even need to be any film in the camera...
...Class of 2012—some of them might even cry! 1) Science B-47, “The Molecules of Life:” “The professor had difficulty teaching about the ‘molecules of life,’ as he was actually a lifeless, humanlike robot.” 2) Science A-43, “Environmental Risks and Disasters:” “The teaching staff’s tendency to spontaneously break into poorly choreographed song-and-dance routines was very distracting.” 3) Social Analysis...
...know you’re busy during reading period, and probably don’t have much time for things like debates, and even less for actual world issues. Knowing this, FM rounded up a list of the things that really matter about the 2008 presidential gang. Democrats Hillary Clinton (Senator from New York) PRO: If she’ll cry for the primary, we’re excited for the main election. CON: Reverse Monica Lewinsky scandal? Unfortunately, we don’t think that will happen. Barack Obama (Senator from Illinois) PRO: Chi-town tested, Oprah Approved...
...damned hybrid doesn’t handle well in the snow.And you expect us to go to a Faculty meeting? I think I’ll catch up on my journals, thank you very much, or maybe write an essay for The New Yorker. From Nassau.The actual business of running Harvard is frustratingly tedious. The Faculty figured out as much last spring, when several hours—hours!—of tepid discussion preceded the passage of Harvard’s latest undergraduate curriculum. It’s much more fun, after all, to nab a quote...