Word: casuality
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...performance." And aides felt the President had aced his recent appearances. The strategy--a latter-day version of "let Reagan be Reagan"--was to get Bush out of rigid, scripted settings and have him adopt a looser, more self-deprecating style so that people would see the casual side that had originally won the country over...
...Language. There are those among us who believe that the primary purpose of language to be communication. Clearly they are unfamiliar with academic writing and speaking; even a casual glance at these would reveal that the real aim of language is to confuse and, in so doing, to make others realize that you are smarter than they...
...programs are almost totally fabricated. More than half said accuracy was not a factor in their enjoyment of reality TV. Fans watch Laguna Beach, for instance, not for facts about LC, Kristin and Stephen's lives but for a gorgeously shot, engrossing story of the envy, entanglements and casual cruelties of rich, hot teenagers. That view of reality TV may veer close to the James Frey "essential truth" defense, but, let's face it, Blind Date does not have quite the same literary aspirations...
...latest top chef to drop out of the star system. Jöel Robuchon cashed in his Michelin status in 1996 to colonize Las Vegas and Tokyo and supermarket refrigerators with gourmet fast food. Many talented chefs refuse to join the ratings rat race altogether, opting to run more casual bistros. Some latter-day sansculottes can't wait for the extinction of la cuisine snob. But since when does democracy mean a dictatorship of taste? If haute cuisine disappears, so will the whole web of specialist artisanal producers that it supports. And the consequences could be even more grim...
There are several things the Harvard faculty and administration could do to improve relations. Individual departments could designate space for students and professors to interact in a more casual and relaxed environment, similar to the existing graduate student lounges. Houses could, in addition to the faculty dinner each semester, offer less formal events more frequently—such as monthly coffee or dessert hours. And, of course, professors themselves are more than encouraged to invite students for a little stimulating conversation every now and then...