Word: detachedness
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The British economy has come to depend on people like 26-year-old Rebecca Holyhead. She and her boyfriend Dave are about to put down the deposit on their first house. It may not sound like much - a two-bedroom semi-detached that used to be public housing, on the...
But in light of the widespread belief that Harvard is detached from the “Real World”—while, say, the offices of Goldman Sachs and the halls of the Pentagon comprise this “Real World” where real money is earned...
Indeed, the play wastes little time in settling on its basic narrative unit of barbarity and misfortune: It barely gets started before Titus, a Roman army general, commands that the Goth queen Tamora’s eldest son be sacrificed to the memory of Titus’ own dead sons...
Fox News has done with general news what CNBC did with business news--treated it as ESPN treats sports, with conflict, a little jocularity, NFL-style graphics and rooting interests. Traditional, detached TV news tells you the news is interesting. Fox News tells you the news rocks. Thus the clubhouse...
Mike seemed numb and detached. In curt monosyllables, he assured everyone that he was fine. Yet the pain seeped out in slight but revealing ways. Mike, who had helped build his father Robert's house, spent most of his free time tinkering with his masterpiece. "He kept forgetting things when...