Word: intently
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...part of Stern?s lure for the estimated 12 million Americans who tune in to his show has always been seeing how far he?d go. Which raises the question: will his act wear thin if he doesn?t have the FCC watching over him like a Victorian grandma intent on washing his mouth out every time he lets a fart joke...
...keep with the theme of personal narrative, most of the students base their paintings on personal photos. The class was even provided with disposable cameras during their first week to help them come up with topics. But recreating these photos is not the intent of the class; as Kim says, their photos are simply “a sounding board...
Instead, the class attempts to depict moments lost to photos or nonexistent in reality. As Kim remarks, “in photos, you already have a subject in two dimensions”; therefore, the intent of the paintings is to restore their depth. Kim herself has a series of paintings concentrating on her nephew’s dog in imagined locations...
...define gender and sexuality. It doesn’t hurt anyone, and it’s literally a matter of life and death for some students. The semantic debate is important, but it insults our intelligence when words like ze and hir are paraded around by people whose sole intent is to ridicule or belittle them to distract us from real problems of discrimination and physical violence that happen each and every day. It might be a bit much for my grandmother, but we’ve got a real opportunity to make a difference, here and now?...
...scarcity can be liberating. "Because there's so little--because he's not quoted--we can make him work for whatever we want him to work for, as long as we stay within the intent of Scripture," says Jenkins. In fact, Edington, Rice and Jenkins are just the most recent participants in a lively and long-standing tradition. From almost the moment the Gospels were set down, early Christian communities, church fathers, Pontiffs and random laity have colored in the lightly sketched character of Joseph, and in some cases extended his contour considerably. At first they elaborated his story...