Word: adults
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...books or movies, music and painting is on first encountering something terrific to our sensibilities, the wow returns. I think people like my books because they work towards reawakening that sense of unbridled wonder we once felt but have allowed to rust over in a corner of our adult minds. THC: What do you think is the difference between your reception in the United States and your reception elsewhere? Do you find that there is a strikingly different reception of your novels in different countries?JC: Yes, the reading demographic in different countries varies enormously. In Korea and Japan apparently...
...Monegan consistently emerges as the adult in these conversations, while the Palin camp displays a childish impetuousness and sense of entitlement...
...discussion of “The Bell Jar:” “this book excites me because it deals with mental health, a topic I am very interested in learning about.” The sharp contrast between his child-like tone and the adult matters he confronts effectively gives the reader the impression of Pat’s mental instability. The simplicity of expression reflects an equal simplicity of character. Pat’s dominating outlook on life is that there is a silver lining to everything—a cliché remark that recurs throughout...
Unlike genres such as “Horror,” “Action,” or even “Adult,” “Sports” does not command an aisle all its own at the movie store. Nevertheless, the sports film constitutes a distinctive genre complete with all the requisite conventions and clichés. “The Express” is a fine exemplar of this class of movies—not for its quality, but for its representativeness. Director Gary Fleder and writer Charles Leavitt rehash...
...instead of going from 27 to 28, she now goes from 27 to 26.3, which would put her in the normal BMI range by time she is 13. [Otherwise], she would have a BMI of over 30 by the time she is 13, which would be obese even by adult standards...