Word: benignity
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...fallen. Neither sin nor decay was part of it. The young man in The Inspiration of the Poet, circa 1631, glancing upward while the imperious hand of Apollo redirects his attention to the text in his hand and the muse Calliope gives him a level look of benign assessment, might as well be Poussin himself. The allegory unfolds in a luminous calm but is grounded by discreet observation: the relaxed pose of Apollo's arm resting on the lyre, the physical beauty of the Muse, the crispness of her yellow-and-white drapery...
...goal of HSR is to investigate enabling technologies to answer eventually the ability to decide whether to proceed with the design of HSCT," Harrison says. "It must be environmentally benign and economically viable. Currently, the technological barriers are very significant...
...conquer the power of "strong" writers who preceded them: "Any strong literary work creatively misreads and therefore misinterprets a precursor text or texts." What others simply regard as literary imitation Bloom recasts as Darwinian or Freudian struggles for dominance: "Tradition is not only a handing-down or process of benign transmission; it is also a conflict between past genius and present aspiration, in which the prize is literary survival or canonical inclusion...
Come November the rainy season will be supplanted by the snowy season, whose chief benefit is that it makes the rainy season appear positively benign by comparison. The snowy season will continue until shortly before Commencement, when the sun will return in time to provide a natural light source by which visiting alumni can write hefty checks to the Development office...
...those around you. The administration cares what you think (sort of), and you will have the opportunity to rise to the top of myriad extracurricular groups. Be forewarned, however, that many others are out to be taken seriously as well--hence the power struggles that plague many seemingly-benign organizations...