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...counting and numbers, creation myths, an kinesthetically-oriented sense of direction, and even some linguistic attributes that were commonly held to be universal. These include quantifiers (e.g. all, every) and recursion (the placement of one phrase or sentence within another).Everett harps on what the Pirahã lack in comparison to Western culture. This labor, however, pays off in that it allows the casual reader to gain a basic understanding of the gravity of his assertions and of some fairly complex linguistic concepts to boot. Everett provides basic explanations of theories in the field such as the theory of universal...
...seen in my 15 years in the league,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy says.On the other side of the ball, sophomore quarterback Brook Hart took over the starting job four games ago and has been fairly consistent, but the effectiveness of the passing attack pales in comparison to the run game.Although senior running back Mike McLeod’s play took a turn for the worse to start the fall, Yale has continued to give him the ball, and his play has steadily improved. The senior ran for a season-high 138 yards last week, and so clamping...
...media institutions that I always viewed as essential and contemporary are fading away. TRL’s viewership has been dropping since its peak at the turn of the century, and its daily average number of viewers of more than 700,000 over the past 10 years pales in comparison to MTV’s top rated show right now—The Hills—which regularly lures four million...
...show's themes and Chiklis' brooding, minotaur-like physicality invite comparison with that Urtext of male antiheroes, The Sopranos. But our relationship with Mackey is more complicated--and self-implicating--than ours was with Tony Soprano. Tony was roguish and funny; we even rooted for him against other Mob bosses. But we had more distance from him because he was a criminal and a sociopath, beyond redemption and beyond our experience...
...shot at purchasing 24 hours a day. Moreover, with websites like FatWallet and SlickDeals featuring bargain-basement prices, hunting around for the best value is a convenient mouse click away. That's an easier proposition for many than slogging to the mall and fighting traffic, crowds and parking problems. "Comparison-shopping online dwarfs what you can do in the real world," says Nita Rollins, a trends expert for digital marketing agency Resource Interactive. "You just open up six browsers." (See the 50 best websites...