Word: inners
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...novel is written in short chapters and is told mainly from Vix’s point of view, but it is interspersed with the first person perspectives of other characters, both minor and major. You are thus privy to the horny inner monologues of teenage boys, the relationship worries of the parents, and even the sex-obsessed mind of older women (perhaps a reflection of Blume’s own consciousness). This writing style makes you feel as if you have consumed an entire feast of gossip, whispered directly and confidentially into your...
When Rhage’s inner beast surfaces, all those around him are in mortal danger. Fighting and mindless sex keep the beast at bay, but Rhage still has a century until it can be exorcised from his body. Until then, his nightly regime involves searching for the Lessening Society and keeping busy with barely-clad women who he only uses...
...provided a fascinating analysis of why and how some of us have that inner fire of ambition while others do not [Feb. 13]. Your article may drive some readers to ask, Am I or can I be successful in my career? Sometimes we need a push to leave what we are doing and find something that we can be more successful at. But a focus on individual ambition and financial success is not healthy. If we ignore civility and empathy, we only exacerbate social decay. Our role models should be those whose ambition and success brought about the betterment...
...illustrates, Summers also has an ethics problem. This is perhaps most starkly evident in the way that he worked to maintain a fortress of secrecy around him while employing Washington-style political tactics as a way to embarrass or humiliate colleagues. In Summers’ inner circle, economics is about power rather than principle. And this debilitating corporate worldview—where market values are more important than moral values—constitutes the real threat to Harvard’s reputation and standing...
...first day they were a little bit stressed. They're eating very well, and Thor, the one who talks, said, 'Good morning,' straight away." DERRICK COYLE, Raven Master at the Tower of London, where fears of bird flu forced the famous birds to be moved indoors from the grassy inner courtyard...