Word: detailism
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...resemblance ends. They're created by experts. The Long-EZ was made by legendary designer Burt Rutan, whose Voyager in 1986 became the first plane to fly around the world without stopping or refueling. Before any experimental aircraft can take off, an FAA inspector goes over it in excruciating detail to make sure it's airworthy. Flying a Long-EZ isn't as safe as sitting on the couch watching Seinfeld--71 accidents and 28 deaths have been reported since 1983. But that's safer than many homebuilts and comparable to other small planes that are factory built. Besides, many...
...Attention to detail is especially important. Approximately every page-and-a-half, find an adjective or adverb. Underline it twice, draw an arrow to it, and write "Really?" Then, underline every twelfth line and place a question mark in the margin...
Several elements of the story suggest that the cause of their pain might be the social climate of the decade. Lee's portrayal of the 1970s is scarily realistic. He doesn't overplay period detail: the furniture is slightly tacky, the shirt lapels are wider, and Kevin Kline's sideburns come halfway down to his chin, but none of this changes the ageless, affluent suburban setting. The film lets the audience laugh at the decade, but there are disturbing undertones to even the funniest scenes...
...think a talk like Adhe's brings a world of experience that is not normally accessible to the Harvard student," said Metta McGarvey, a second-year graduate student at the Divinity School and one of the organizers of the event. "I think very few people ever read in detail about these kinds of abuses and it's even more extraordinary to meet someone who's actually gone through all this...
...Arthur Shapiro and his wife Elaine present the reader with a flurry of esoteric yet entertaining historical tidbits. Though the knowledge that the 17th-century drug called "Vigo's plaster" was made of viper's flesh, live frogs, and worms may not necessarily be the best conversation-starter, such detail paints an elaborate portrait of the blind, haphazard healing practices of prescientific medics at which even the least scientifically-inclined person can gasp and chuckle...