Word: brutishness
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...what sort of film would be acceptable? Perhaps the current release Merdeka, which paints Japanese World War II soldiers as heroes who save Indonesia from brutish white settlers. "Japanese today have lost their pride," says Katsuaki Asano, Merdeka's executive producer. "But were we really so wrong? The rest of Asia is grateful to us for helping them toward independence. I think Japanese moviegoers will see Pearl Harbor and feel disgusted at being portrayed once again as the bad guys...
...First, that with only 30,000 genes to go around (of which, it's been argued, only 3,000 or so are viable from a pharmaceutical point of view) the golden age of medical applications (meaning, $$$) could be brutish and short. Second, that the pointy end of genomics' scalpel would seem to be not in the genes, but in the proteins. And decoding the human proteome - well, that's a whole other race...
...Benito's reign of terror created an untenable situation not only for those of us who had over the years constructed a modus vivendi with the established bullies, but also for those bullies themselves, who were now vulnerable to unthinkable humiliation at the hands of the brutish child...
...There'll be Friday's hearings, in which Napster and Big Music go over their cases one more time. Patel may issue her revised injunction directly from the bench, and it's widely expected to be nasty, brutish and short for the Napsterians. Then, assuming Patel rules as expected, the music companies must present Napster with a list of all the songs they want removed - that could take a couple of days. And Patel herself has scheduled a mediation session between the two sides, set for Wednesday...
...TIME: Someone once said ? well, I did ? that civilization aspires to femininity; that men have become civilized by throwing away their clubs and becoming domesticated, learning manners. As they are less brutish, they are more feminine...