Word: clear
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...become clear that CCTV employees were to blame for starting the fire that destroyed the Television Cultural Center. They ignored a government regulation forbidding the usage of fireworks and chose the unfinished building as a backdrop for their display. It soon became a chaotic spectacle, after some of the explosions ignited flammable materials within the building’s internal walls...
...Evidence that the average temperature on Earth is rising is abundant and convincing, but I suspect I would be preaching to the converted if I were to summarize it here. The bottom line is that the scientific community has come to a clear consensus that the evidence of a warming trend is “unequivocal” and that human activity has “very likely” been the main cause for that change over the last 50 years. It is thus troubling that one in five Americans remain unconvinced by the vast majority of the scientific...
...Facile storytelling can be forgiven, though—or at least forgotten. The film’s cardinal sin is in squandering the opportunity to implement footage of the Hajj in an interesting way. It’s clear that any potentially substantive use for this exclusive footage was buried while convincing the Saudis to allow the filming of the pilgrimage at all (especially of the Kaaba, where non-Muslims are forbidden). The segments of this footage are left, mostly, until the end, when Ibn’s experience is compared with that of modern pilgrims, to show the striking...
...will ask the question impractically, which I think is of value.I think we make practicality very important in America, and there is a celebration of people who only do things because they make money or because they have results. But many things that humans do do not have a clear result. It’s a fact—you cannot predict that A will result in B. So we glorify this kind of certainty in the face of the lie that we can never have it. The stuff I’m interested in, I just admit that...
...which the pair portray unlikely but vengeful lovers busy at work destroying the interior of their home. Serene, airbrushed features are contorted as their relationship implodes. Beginning with shots of Iglesias scowling and head-tossing interspersed with scenes where Ciara vogues against a wall, it’s never clear whether the duo are angry or just turned on. The situation devolves into rampant vandalism, with the couple pettishly destroying each others’ prized possesions. Ciara goes for the big ticket items, covering Enrique’s sweet ride with paint and throwing his prized artwork in their pool...