Word: eschew
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There are only two ways to avoid liberal hypocrisy altogether. The first way is to eschew all sensory pleasures, dress in rags, and eat saltines every night for dinner. The leftist ascetic who sacrifices everything for his beliefs in social justice is undefeated in the many battles of the civil war of the self; he is the ultimate champion of the higher self. The second route to total consistency is to avoid the civil war altogether. The draft-dodgers (of the civil war of the self, that is) who have no qualms about climbing the corporate ladder and buying multi...
...activities? LifeMatrix assigns you to the category "Renaissance women." But that's not all. LifeMatrix makes some rather intimate and sweeping assumptions about Renaissance women: they're involved, caring and optimistic; they're altruistic rather than hedonistic; they're likely to be heavy Internet users who enjoy museums and eschew radio...
...Nevertheless, Mihara may eschew the cartoon soles for his next Puma collection. Even though the concept is popular, the 31-year-old designer knows it may not last beyond one season. Japanese fashion's ephemeral nature will force him to come up with something new?yet again. Luckily, Mihara says his consumers seem ever willing to experiment, an easy assimilation that mirrors his homeland's historic ability to import technology and imbue it with a uniquely Japanese aesthetic. "Every day, we reinvent ourselves," says Mihara. "It's exciting to think about what we may become tomorrow...
...after receiving the 2003 Pulitzer Prize in music this Tuesday, Adams may find it harder to eschew the public...
...alternative Ec 10 should not be an excuse for left-leaning students to ignore the Feldstein brand of conservative economics. Any new introductory economics class should be academically rigorous, well-taught and should cover the core of conventional economic thinking that Ec 10 does. Its professor should also eschew political bias in the lecture hall—having two biased courses in the place of one does not serve the needs of students. But if Marglin can meet the criteria to lead such a course, there is no reason not to give unhappy first-years a choice between...