Word: flavors
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Still, Sophie's World may not be for everyone. The characters are half- dimensional, the plot creaks, and Gaarder's prose (or the translation by Paulette Moller) has a distinct flavor of bark. As fiction, Sophie's World deserves no better than a D+. But as a precis of great thought, Gaarder's tour de force rates a solid...
Julie Zando avoids the pitfalls of personal narrative (one hopes) in her retelling of the French pornographic novel "The Story of O." Underneath the Rockpile Diner, a dusty underworld combines sadomasochistic ritual with the flavor of the Old West. Be forewarned: this is not a cowboy movie. However, if sadomasochism is an interest/hobby, this video promises, according to the press release, "a more holistic understanding of sadomasochistic desire and practice" than the traditionally negative feminist perspective...
...least the comics themselves aren't pretending to be literary giants or anything. Allen says, "Publishers will do a book with anyone they think is hot." Reiser talks about "the consumer mentality -- we like something, what other flavor does it come in? We like that TV show, does it come in a book form? Does it come in a capsule? How about a soup...
...this time-honored structure that the charter-school movement seeks to challenge, if not topple, by placing authority in the individual school, freeing it from the bureaucracy. The nation's 140 charter schools come in every size, shape and flavor. Some have a special emphasis, as Northlane does on science; others serve a special population -- dropouts, for instance. But whatever their mission or philosophy, they reflect the growing recognition that fundamental change is needed in American education and that to make it, schools must break free of stultifying regulation and bureaucracy. Fifty years of top-down reform have not done...
...People within the house thought that the grille would lose its house flavor," Lester said. "Nothing really changes except that they have a foundation to rest...