Word: distortedly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...gluttony--we are in some Darwinian sense "misusing" our equipment of reciprocal altruism; the equipment is being "fooled" by electronic technology into (unconsciously) thinking that the victims of famine are right next door and might someday reciprocate. But that doesn't diminish the act. Our capacity to thus distort biological purpose, to prevail over our selfish heritage, is a deep source of hope and a glimmer of true goodness...
...young adults (vs. 35% of Americans 45 to 59 years old) say they are following news about the presidential campaign "very closely," a poll by the Media Studies Center found. Moreover, their antipathy to news extends beyond politics, because most stories, written or broadcast, either shut out or distort young Americans' lives. Newspaper portrayals of 18-to-23-year-olds were tracked by a team of college students supervised by Nancy Woodhull, the center's executive director, and they found that this age group shows up most in sports news, followed by crime. Though greatly affected by changes...
...their article appearing on April 29 titled "Israel's Campaign of Terror," authors Ahmed T. El-Gaili, Ramy M. Tadros and Rami A. Thabet badly misrepresent the situation in Southern Lebanon. Their editorial contains several factual as well as analytical errors which distort the nature of the recent conflict...
...comes down to a question of priorities, and being around so many overachievers can distort priorities. But once out in the real world, when the memory of Harvard fades and the pressures of life intrude, what becomes important is the quality of life you have--and not the number of listings on your resume...
First, Crimson Cash is no more than a $75 subsidy paid for by each of Harvard's students in order to distort the free market, force students to trek to Loker Commons in the snow and sleet [so as not to lose the $75 allotment which their tuition purchased], and alter their normal consumption choices. Alas, say goodbye to Tommy's. Pinocchio's and Bartley's Burger Cottage. Pretty soon we will all have to eat in an ugly tan basement with no windows. And we wanted more choices...