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...none of these definitions fit. Attempting to explain Monday’s rampage as a failure of one of these abstract ideas leaves the impression of missing the essential element. As the days and weeks pass, numerous hypotheses will emerge trying to explain why a 23-year old, after shooting two people in a dormitory, would, two hours later, chain the doors of a hall, walk to the second floor, and systematically murder thirty people in four classrooms. Some accounts will conclude the rampage to be a failure of Virginia Tech’s policies to provide a correct response...
...never easy to whittle down a list when there is so much talent in the global market. It's a matter of differentiating between good and great design. Morris had it right: great design is that magical confluence of beauty and function. But there's another almost intangible element, which is the emotion an object or a building or a teapot can evoke in an individual (in today's market that feeling, ideally, is desire). Think of the stylish plasticity of the iPod, or the silly humor of Michael Graves' now famous Alessi teakettle, or the nostalgia of a surfboard...
...would stir. The soft shading and the way in which the light illuminates certain portions of the feather add to its real-as-life three-dimensionality. The magnifying glasses provided upon one’s entrance to the exhibit come in handy and, at the very least, add an element of fun to the show.Ruskin’s “Coral Oysters” (1868) has a tiny inscription along the image that adds an element of playfulness: “Little Coral Oysters. Magnified. J Ruskin. Aged Forty-nine. Waste Paper...
...School,’ where it’s just driving to work and it’s like, ‘God, I can’t wait to see Will and Vince.’”Wilson seems most in his element when discussing his fellow frat-packers, breaking into laughter when reminiscing about Ferrell’s infamous streaking scene in ‘Old School.’ “The thing with Will, you always feel like, ‘God, poor Will. He has to do this streaking scene. He?...
...Coca-Cola refuses to discuss any aspect of its secret formula, while Stepan did not respond to requests to discuss its relationship with Coca-Cola. This coca without the cocaine element is the only exemption allowed by the U.N. for the plant's usage outside of the Andes and it is not clear whether patent law would allow Bolivia to use the same process as Stepan does to remove the cocaine alkaloid...