Word: correctives
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
WITS & WAGERS The average human tongue has how many taste buds? In this lively trivia game, teams ponder such stumpers and jot down their answers. Players then wager points on which team's guesses are closest to the correct answer...
...seem foolish, or patronizing, of me. But people conduct this kind of internal dialogue all the time; it?s practically unavoidable in our multi-ethnic, politically correct society, where stereotypes and reality collide more often than people would like to think, or admit. While I want to believe that my motivation is benevolent, I recognize the irony of trying to offset racial profiling by engaging in what amounts to just another form...
...TIME: Are we correct in thinking that a climatological collapse has begun, and if so, when might we reach the stage at which it would be out of our power to fix things...
Perhaps the greatest downfall of the film is its inability to focus on one scene sequence at a time. Tense moments are too often interrupted by unrelated scenes, such as bickering inside the police van over the correct answer to a trivia question posed by Russell. While Russell does ask the questions with the provision that if the police get them wrong he’s going to kill hostages, the discussion is less hostage-negotiator and more Trivial Pursuit game gone...
...thought processes—were by no means faulty. Rather, he was wrong to think that the academic community would react favorably to his unconventional theory. Instead, many members of the scientific community have had collapsed into epileptic fits at the thought of a challenge to their politically correct world...