Word: everydayness
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...parts, he crafts watches one might imagine being worn by characters in a Jules Verne novel. Some 6,000 have been sold in the past 12 years - a very respectable figure, considering the amount one unhurried artisan can produce, and a demonstration of Suekichi's ability to imagine everyday objects afresh...
...terrorists.” Reconciliation and rehabilitation are not only impossible, we are told, but undesirable. The resolution of the war with the “terrorists,” then, will come only with their wholesale elimination, at which point, it’s implied that everyday, regular politics will resume...
...rare they are only displayed by request. “I buy from everywhere—estates, dealers, auctions, right off the street,” she says. “I sell wearable clothes, but during Halloween it all becomes costumes.” Those looking for more everyday duds can head to the appropriately named Proletariat, which caters mostly to male clientele. The decor is skateboarder dorm-room style, and the clothes have that “I just rolled out of bed and threw this old thing on” sort of look?...
...thinking rather than rote memorization, which is the default teaching method in much of the region. But more important is the school's effort to create an environment where learning takes place outside the classroom - through athletics, community service, honor codes and an expectation that students become leaders in everyday life. The school also plans to bring a new diversity to campus. The current class members come from countries across the Middle East, but although there are no Westerners now, the school hopes to eventually attract students from the U.S. - or even Israel - and about one-third of the student...
...Murakami's Magic I was thrilled to see the article on Haruki Murakami [Aug. 20]. As a student of literature, I am an avid reader, but I have never come across a writer as engrossing as Murakami. His style varies from descriptions of everyday events, such as cooking spaghetti, to intellectual discussions with total strangers to heart--stopping, beyond-reality experiences. His images are at times so vivid and meticulously detailed that reading them is like watching a movie. When I started reading A Wild Sheep Chase, I made a pencil dot in the margin next to every memorable phrase...