Word: facelessness
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...Middle East in terms of a conflict between races pervades the media even more than ordinary discussions. When an American destroyer was bombed in Yemen and two Israeli soldiers were killed in Ramallah several weeks ago, ABC News interspersed images of these two events as if the same faceless mob were behind both of them. No on watching had the sense that Yemen is over a thousand miles from Ramallah over the Arabian desert and that few Palestinians have ever even seen Yemen. (By contrast, British news agencies like the BBC and ITN were very careful to treat these news...
Unfortunately, the slower songs are as faceless and schmaltzy as any of Whalum's previous work. It is performances like Whalum's cover of 'NSync's "God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You" that frustrate jazz fans; all the evidence points toward a talented musician afraid to display any individuality. And, ultimately, it is this lack of individuality which mars Unconditional. Whalum wears each smooth-jazz hat-Grover Washington, Kenny G, David Sanborn-well in their respective turn. However, you can't help but feel that the real Kirk Whalum has yet to be heard. B- -Malik...
Exposure to a named academic expert is atypical in the anonymous world of online schooling, however. Instead, users benefit from what cyber-instructor Margie Davis calls the "faceless intimacy of the Internet." Some of Davis' online writing courses, offered through America Online and her own website, writingtoheal.com require students to tackle tough subjects in reflective personal essays. The six-week offerings have weighty names like Writing for Caregivers and Writing About Cancer. Says Davis: "My students don't know me personally. They feel very safe. They have an audience that isn't threatening or competitive...
Should I change banks? Should I start using money orders? Then I was inspired by a phrase--"faceless bureaucracy." I realized that I could get rid of 5221 through 5225 by using them to pay bills to institutions so large that even the presence of thoroughly revolting angels would go unnoticed. Check No. 5221 went to Con Edison for my electric bill. The angels wafted toward one of my many telephone companies...
...Exposure to a named academic expert is atypical in the anonymous world of online schooling, however. Instead, users benefit from what cyber-instructor Margie Davis calls the "faceless intimacy of the Internet." Some of Davis' online writing courses, offered through America Online and her own website, writingtoheal.com, require students to tackle tough subjects in reflective personal essays. The six-week offerings have weighty names like Writing for Caregivers and Writing About Cancer. Says Davis: "My students don't know me personally. They feel very safe. They have an audience that isn't threatening or competitive...