Word: instrumentality
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...said. Parker said that these projects are “right[s] of passage to being a professional engineer. As a professional engineer it’s what you do—you solve problems.” All three winners won a brand new multimeter, an electronic measuring instrument. According to Adams, “Winning the multimeter is awesome, you never know when you might all of a sudden desperately need one around the house...
...double bass. The look on his face suggests that the two-piece is a bit more confining than his more typical strategically-placed tube sock, but the master of the funky electric bass looks like he’s having the time of his life playing the big old instrument. The video for “Dani California” basically seems like a chance for the Chili Peppers to clown around expensively on camera, and the results are surprisingly entertaining. It’s just better if you watch it on mute. —Tom C. Denison
...energetic performance that demonstrated Gift of Gab’s many, many vocal ranges, from Twista-esque fast-paced funk to Chuck D’s harder, self-satisfied flow to Rahzel’s use of his own voice as a technological instrument. “The Craft” is the title of Blackalicious’ new album and it’s an apt title for output by the group. During their slightly-longer-than-an-hour set, which focused mostly on their newest material and their recent “Broken Arrow,” they...
...wishing I could quit you! 4) ...eating an entire wheel of cheese. 5) ...working on Domna’s presidential campaign. 6) ...climbing the dragon phallus. 7) ...trapped between the moving bookshelves in Widener. 8) ...having sex in the moving bookshelves in Widener. 9) ...playing that Chinese instrument more proficiently than the guy outside the Coop. 10) ...helping Larry clean out his office. 11) ...under your bed. 12) ...discouraged by the hurtful comments of my defensive line coach. 13) ...naked in Lamont. 14) ...taking pictures of tourists taking pictures of me. 15) ...running an off-season Primal Scream...
...Flint felt the school wasn't honoring Islamic values, among other failings. Later, her view of school soured as she read the works of the American John Taylor Gatto, a former prizewinning teacher who lectures on what he calls the "tyranny of compulsory schooling." Gatto portrays schooling as an instrument of social engineering where children are taught to know their place. Flint at first doubted her ability to teach Aleah, now 15, and Tahirrah, 13. Today, she and the girls say the arrangement has worked fine. "I've become really anti-school," Flint says. "I just don't believe...