Word: delusionally
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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One attraction is the fact that these large gestures of nature are apolitical. The weather in its mirabilis mode can, of course, be dragged onto the op-ed page to start a macro-argument about global warming or a micro-spat over a mayor's fecklessness in deploying snowplows. Otherwise...
"By creating inclusive space, we work to woo the University from self-absorption, self-delusion and self- destruction," Adams said.
By all accounts, the descent into delusion is gradual. Everyone has experienced slights, insults or failures at one time or another, and most people find some way to cope. Or, if they don't, a trusted friend or family member may persuade them to forget the past and get on...
The book represents the culmination of a series of interviews Mack conducted with people who claim to have been abducted by aliens, taken aboard space-ships, and forced to engage in sexual activity with their captors. A farout delusion, right? No, says Mack. He argues that the abduction experience cannot...
If the perpetrators of the Oklahoma City bombing really view government as the people's enemy, the burden of fostering that delusion is borne not just by the nut cases who preach conspiracy but also to some extent by those who erode faith in our governance of America in the...