Word: embeddedness
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Rothenberg first appeared in the mid-'70s -- a time when figurative painting was still Out -- with, of all things, pictures of horses. These were more emblems than descriptions: bold, rather clunky equine silhouettes embedded in flat, abstract space, with the totemic air of cave paintings. Their primitive look was, in...
Mrs. Reagan was under general anesthesia as doctors performed the biopsy, surgically removing affected breast tissue for laboratory analysis. The biopsy revealed a "noninvasive intraductal adenocarcinoma," a common form of breast cancer found in the ducts of glands embedded in the fatty tissue of the breast. The First Lady had...
Born from a muddled campus-wide referendum in 1982, the council has been struggling to justify its existence ever since. In the early years, members became embedded in factional disputes. Report-writing, paperwork-loving, xerox-happy bureaucrats fought bitterly against campus activists who campaigned for council seats in order to...
The politely arm-twisting United employees, whose campaign is limited so far to Denver's airport, wear green-and-white lapel pins bearing the acronym TORQUE, which stands for "Try Our Real Quality United Experience." But on the hidden backside of the pin is a more provocative symbol. It depicts...
Moreover, even if Gorbachev is sincere in trying to make a significant change in Soviet foreign policy, he may fail. Traditional views about national security and global ideological struggle are deeply embedded in the Soviet military, the foreign policy establishment and the party hierarchy.