Word: fitful
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...show--a Cold War story of totalitarianism--giving the Villagers numbers made chilling sense as a dehumanizing, de-individualizing device (and 40 years ago, played a tad more original). But for The Prisoner's new dystopia, which seeks to control minds more than imprison bodies, it doesn't quite fit. One would think the Village's happy-faced thought control would try to create the illusion of individuality--as with the mind-wiped servants in Joss Whedon's Dollhouse, who are given names and false identities. For all the reimagining, The Prisoner seems beholden to a 20th century idea...
...says that he stumbled upon the contest by chance and entered because Rover was already built and the contest was a natural fit...
...Playing the Brahms concerto in Germany—Brahms’ homeland—was a challenge for me because I am Japanese-American and have a heritage that has nothing to do with Germanic or Austrian music. But I could immediately tell [the music I was playing] just fit there. It was just natural for the audience and the orchestra. It was the same playing a Paganini Concerto with an Italian orchestra and Lorin Maazel. I felt like I was just playing by myself because they were so put together...
...Read "The CIA and Interrogations: A Bad Fit from the Start...
Committee member Mark C. McGovern said that how teachers encourage their students may be influencing intensive studies program enrollment, adding that “how we push the students who don’t fit into the categories” is crucial...