Word: detailism
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...woman [THE SEXES, March 8]? She obviously lacks subcutaneous fat, resulting in protruding neck tendons, bulging veins on forearms and wrists, and mammary glands, if any, that are all too easy to hide. Is that the truth about a woman's body? What an anatomical heresy! The only feminine detail I could discover, as a gynecologist, was the makeup on the eyelashes. PETER J. CARPENTIER, M.D. Antwerp, Belgium...
Huxley and Orwell, of course, didn't think of themselves as science-fiction writers. The true artists of the genre are a tribe apart. Many created "future histories" that are worked out in exquisite detail. Robert A. Heinlein, for instance, was a hugely popular SF writer but of a surprisingly gloomy and gothic cast. His prediction for the late 20th century was summed up briskly: "Considerable technical advance during this period, accompanied by a gradual deterioration of mores, orientation and social institutions, terminating in mass psychosis." It was hard to watch the Clinton impeachment trial without feeling...
...fascinatingly banal or else ambitiously epic. For example, keep a list of everything you've eaten, item by item, in the last week: "Two Snickers bars, eight cups of soup, one serving of baked scrod...".Update us on your nightly dreams. Transcribe your internal monologue in the most minute detail: "Itchy feeling in neck. Where did I put the keys? Damned aerosol." Rank the hottest people in your house. Tell us what you're wearing, right...
Miller is an excellent teacher; he explains kitchen basics in just the right amount of detail without making us feel that we're being talked down to. (The only slow lesson was the second one, on going shopping, which was at times reminiscent of an elementary school nutrition class.) The course answers all the questions you never bothered to ask, and then some. How long will those chicken breasts last in the fridge? Use the four-day rule for all protein-based foods. What's the best way to peel ginger? With a spoon. Don't know the difference between...
...with him, sources in Washington say Secret Service agents are vouching for the account that she aggravated an old back injury while skiing in Utah. According to officials, Mrs. Clinton was sideswiped by another skier, which led to a review by Secret Service headquarters to make sure her security detail had been in place to deal with any sudden, threatening movement toward the First Lady. Mrs. Clinton, who wore a hat and dark glasses, apparently went unrecognized by the crowd at Deer Valley. She was standing at the bottom of a slope filled with inexperienced skiers when one of them...