Word: down-to-earth
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...book is extremely relevant to everyone’s personal life: Hofstadter is leading an investigation of the elusive nature of subjective experience.Hofstadter has a gift for articulating the complex with wit, clarity, and accessibility. When he includes a relevant excerpt from the work of a less down-to-earth academic, one realizes that any other writing seems like a textbook compared to Hofstadter’s fluid, everyday prose. “I Am a Strange Loop” feels like the kind of intellectually thrilling late-night dorm room conversations which don’t happen nearly...
...adds that the upside is the necessity of student involvement: “If there were a department putting on theater, then they wouldn’t have needed me as a student producer.”As for her role in professional theater, Mangu-Ward takes a down-to-earth approach.“My ideal situation, which is really hard to get, is to book a Broadway show or a touring show within a year to a year-and-a-half,” she says. “I don’t want a lead...
...residents. “If there’s going to be one word for Pfoho, it’s got to be chill,” said Pforzheimer House Committee Co-Chair Noah A. Rosenblum ’08. “We’re down-to-earth people, we’re a little ridiculous...I think that’s the image we’ve tried to go for all through this.” True to this whimsical attitude, the PfoHo House Committee rented out an inflatable moonbounce—just for Pfohosers...
...residents. “If there’s going to be one word for Pfoho, it’s got to be chill,” said Pforzheimer House Committee Co-Chair Noah A. Rosenblum ’08. “We’re down-to-earth people, we’re a little ridiculous...I think that’s the image we’ve tried to go for all through this.” True to this whimsical attitude, the PfoHo House Committee rented out an inflatable moonbounce—just for Pfohosers...
...Instead, the show’s successes hinged upon a surprisingly down-to-earth sense of humor—which, coupled with the show’s irrationality, often resulted in a highly idiosyncratic work...