Word: beneath
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...received a Soviet-style education in the 1950s. "They don't have the knowledge or imagination to make better decisions," Link says. They operate under a system of collective decision-making that constrains the state's ability to be flexible in the face of new challenges. "Like the bureaucrats beneath them," Link says, top officials "are frightened about their own positions and don't want to be seen as making 'mistakes,' especially mistakes of softness." This insecurity underlies the central government's heavy-handed tactics and rhetoric, even though repression reduces the country's stature in the global community. "When...
...when computers have become so thoroughly integrated into every aspect of life, this sort of philosophizing might seem stale or platitudinous. But those involved in this production have taken great care to make sure every moment of Stoppard’s play comes to life, revealing that beneath what might appear as artifice, it is not simply complex for the sake of being complex. Every performance and every thought-out word come together to create a shifting and uncertain world, split between past and present...
...flexible in the face of new challenges. Hu is painfully aware that his political position may well rest on the outcome of moves he ratifies on big issues like Tibet, where he served as Party Secretary during the last flare-up of protests in 1989. "Like the bureaucrats beneath them," Link says, top officials "are frightened about their own positions and don't want to been seen as making 'mistakes,' especially mistakes of softness...
...Hidden beneath the numerous cards, tickets, and to-do lists stuffed in my wallet, taped onto your refrigerator above that painting from second grade, buried beneath papers in some drawer, are sage pieces of advice with a humble origin: a bite-sized baked cookie. These small cookies, however, have quite a big story. In “The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food,” Jennifer 8. Lee ’98-’99, a New York Times Reporter, embarks on a journey that bridges many centuries, many countries, many people...
...under the cashier during close-down to let her boyfriend in after-hours for a night of G-rated megastore fun. The video is a mash-up of scenes from the couple’s crazy night in various departments and shots of DeGraw and company singing and performing beneath a garish chandalier while constantly smiling. The intended concept of the video, in my best judgment, is “Gavin DeGraw is doing a girl. Gavin DeGraw is going rock ‘n’ roll.” The video climaxes a little over a minute...