Word: aptness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wrote a poem that won the notice of the Academic Française. At the age of 83 he died, shortly after composing his last Alexandrine. During the decades between he came to think of himself as Olympic-an apt sobriquet, for Victor Hugo lived life with the vigor and ego of a Greek god. Once, when Hugo was about 80, his teen-age grandson found the old man making love to a young laundress. "Look," said Hugo proudly, "that is what they call genius...
...deadpan. His expoundings vary less in expression than in dynamics. I was confused with what might be a masterly stroke: this Everysoul looks like and speaks with the authority of those stereotyped but elegant men in serious, insurance and aspirin, television commercials. I kept wondering if it was apt to have this television bombardment say to us--you are "condemned to remain within yourself." Perhaps...
...ambassadors decided the proper approach was to appeal to Khaalis' faith. To brush up on the Koran, Ghorbal phoned his political counselor, who supplied him with some apt quotes. Said Ghorbal: "We decided to use the Koran to impress on him that Allah orders us to be merciful...
Life in a globe is not always a ball. Domes have had a bad reputation for leaking, though manufacturers claim that this should be no problem if the home is finished by an expert roofer. They are apt to be noisy, since they usually have few of the interior partitions that muffle sound in a traditional structure. Fitting rectangular furniture into a round house also poses problems; many dome dwellers build in tubs, beds and cabinets shaped to fit the walls...
...Lynn Fox, an educator who studied precocious math students for her doctoral thesis at Johns Hopkins University, found that "there are more negative stereotypes for math-gifted girls than boys," and that mathematically apt girls "seem more willing to sacrifice intellectual stimulation to social stimulation." Other studies have confirmed that girls' interest in math plummets at around age twelve, when adolescence makes them more aware of social roles...