Word: conceitedly
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...would have done all or some of that 20 years ago, but I won't do it now--though I realize that by using this conceit to set up my reason, I will appear to be entering the story by the back door and to be writing about it as I don't. Bear with...
...This, in a nutshell, is the problem with action-adventure movies today: Nobody in them ever wants to have any adventure. It?s all a version of the conceit recently beaten to death by Steven Spielberg increasingly facile "Jurassic Park" series: Characters get on island for some cooked-up reason, find monsters, and for two hours run from monsters in an attempt to get off said island. This ridiculous ritual has the advantage of keeping the island well-preserved for sequel purposes, but it doesn?t make for memorable or original movies...
...know we appreciate him, that he still reigns, at least in our memory. The truth, though, is that we don't want him to come back because even for Michael Jordan, this would be an act of hubris so monumental as to make his trademark confidence twist into conceit. We don't want him back on the court because no one likes a show-off. The stumbling? That will...
...know we appreciate him, that he still reigns, at least in our memory. The truth, though, is that we don't want him to come back because even for Michael Jordan, this would be an act of hubris so monumental as to make his trademark confidence twist into conceit. We don't want him back on the court because no one likes a show-off. The stumbling? That will...
...sense, the fascination with the war is easy to explain. Veterans still alive are growing old; you don't need to endorse that cloying American conceit that they made up the "greatest generation" to deem them worthy of honor. Moreover, World War II continues to provide a certain pattern to our international arrangements. Consider the Soviet Union. The sacrifices it made and the victories it won during the war gave the Soviets a place at the top table of nations; Moscow's acquisition of nuclear weapons came later. It was the memory of war that shaped Japan's 1947 constitution...