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First, this so-called “friend” of yours sports a vapid expression on their face. Attributing this to mere near-sightedness—convinced they once wore glasses in that Core class you shared—you trace their gaze. With a half-raised ?...

Author: By Elise M. Stefanik, | Title: Fly-By 'Hi's | 9/23/2004 | See Source »

Thus far, the rhetorical devices are easy to diagnose, simply canny use of language by a government disinterested in engaging problematic issues. Other strategies are rapidly becoming less obvious, and thus more troubling, as they gain widespread use. The expression “war on terror” should in...

Author: By Alexander Bevilacqua, | Title: War of Words | 9/20/2004 | See Source »

Part of this feeling of inevitability stems from the way in which that disparate collective we call “the media” picks up on these expressions and repeats them endlessly, circumscribing our understanding of world events in narrow ways. The word “media?...

Author: By Alexander Bevilacqua, | Title: War of Words | 9/20/2004 | See Source »

Five years ago, curators at the British Museum began planning Sudan: Ancient Treasures - 320 objects, some of them 200,000 years old, on loan from the Sudan National Museum in Khartoum. But about three months ago the curators decided to put some more recent Sudanese artifacts on display as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Treasures From Sudan | 9/19/2004 | See Source »

But it's showers that are getting the most lavish attention at the moment, says Peter Sallick, CEO of Waterworks. "People are creating a sitting area; they're creating multiple showering areas, adding hand showers and different types of showerheads." Waterworks, Dornbracht, Kohler and even plain old American Standard are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Status Room: The In-Home Sanctuary | 9/14/2004 | See Source »

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