Word: concepts
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...asymmetries that cause history to happen--an obscure Schickelgruber nearly destroys Europe; a mere atom, artfully diddled, incinerates a city. Elegant perplexity puts too much emphasis on the "asymmetrical" side of the phrase and not enough on the fact that it is, indeed, real warfare. Asymmetry is a concept. War is, as we see, blood and death...
...viewer from the source of understanding—the computers —was supplemented by a series of 52 poster-sized drawings, representing a deck of tarot cards, suggesting the infinite combinations of understanding that are possible with a shuffled deck. Tyson’s engagement with the concept of understanding managed to be both whimsical and thoughtful, a balance that is increasingly hard to find...
...asymmetries that cause history to happen?an obscure Schickelgruber nearly destroys Europe; a mere atom, artfully diddled, incinerates a city. Elegant perplexity puts too much emphasis on the ?asymmetrical? side of the phrase and not enough on the fact that it is, indeed, real warfare. Asymmetry is a concept. War is, as we see, blood and death...
...asymmetries that cause history to happen - an obscure Schickelgruber nearly destroys Europe; a mere atom, artfully diddled, incinerates a city. Elegant perplexity puts too much emphasis on the "asymmetrical" side of the phrase and not enough on the fact that it is, indeed, real warfare. Asymmetry is a concept. War is, as we see, blood and death...
...much-praised RSC Coriolanus in 1994, calls it a "timely cutting away of dead wood for a company that was overstretched." RSC managing director Chris Foy speaks enthusiastically of a break from his company?s "well-engineered but constricting operating model, a move away from the railway timetable concept." But whether the RSC finds a new direction, or has its identity chipped away by the dogfight for vacant theaters and the struggle to survive in the carnivorous world of the West End, is a dilemma it will soon have to resolve...