Word: eccentricism
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Thus was an obsession born. For Willy, all chocolate is bittersweet. So he builds the world's largest candy factory and manages it in a way that could be described as presumptively eccentric. As a backstory for Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, that is, shall we say...
It's no mystery why the publishing community is eager to gauge author Owen King-he's the son of horrormeister Stephen. The verdict: Owen's new book, We're All in This Together (Bloomsbury), a collection of stories including a novella featuring an eccentric grandfather who is being driven...
At first the Patriots thought his fumble-recovery drill a trifle too eccentric. How many ways can there be to fall on a football? And when does anyone ever have time to think of them? Hiding one ball under stacks of tackling dummies (the princess and the pea), Berry would...
Lowe cites J. S. Mill’s On Liberty as his favorite book. According to Lowe, “other philosophers stand for moderation, but [Mill] says no, people should be able to speak their minds, express themselves, be eccentric, stand alone, not necessarily conform.” Likewise...
This tart, eccentric hour has aged better than the WB's more dour soaps (Smallville, One Tree Hill) because it has a sense of humor-from the oddball townsfolk of Stars Hollow to the snappy, never sappy dialogue. Girls may look like a drama, but it plays like a romantic...