Word: developed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When encountering reading which seem difficult to grasp, we give up and quickly place blame on the author for convoluted reasoning or poor writing, instead of redoubling our efforts to understand the argument or develop a more sophisticated critique. Rather than engage controversial authors, we are only too eager to brand them as racist, ignorant, sexist or enmeshed in the dominant culture--and we suffer because we ignore their insights...
...peace I found in the utterance of these words is the simple one that I find every time I make a conscious decision to stop worrying about things utterly beyond my control, instead allowing them to grow and develop as they may. It's not complacency; instead it is faith. Cynics and pessimists see this trust--this faith--as the purview of the innocent and the naive...
...usually takes a few weeks to develop a script for the soap opera "Ivory Tower," and each episode takes about two weekends to film, according to producer and cast member Carrie-Ann Dedeo...
...option favored by most state attorneys general would require Microsoft to divulge its Windows source code--its most valuable piece of intellectual property--to other tech firms. This would allow Microsoft's rivals to develop their own versions of the world's dominant computer operating system. The government could auction off the license to the highest bidders, or Judge Jackson could find Microsoft guilty of "copyright abuse"--giving just about anyone access to adapt and sell Windows...
...thought it was fantastic because it wasn't Lord of the Flies," recalls Boyle. "It's not about primitivism; it's about trying to develop a perfect society built on a complete falsehood: that you can create paradise in the middle of someone else's culture with no relation to that culture at all." Boyle was also drawn to Garland's narrator, whom he saw as "deeply flawed, difficult, disillusioned, impressionable, weak and a bit crazy. It's the kind of character I love, but also the kind that's difficult to sell to a mainstream audience." Boyle grins...