Word: interestedness
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In short, the new dictionary, all 350 million characters of it, now exists as a data base, an electronic version stored in a massive computer memory. At first glance, this may seem unremarkable; the difference between a lot of ; words on the page and on some terminal screen appears to...
But there's a big difference between being interested in discussing intellectual ideas--which is a good thing--and completely losing perspective, losing the ability to laugh at oneself--which is really, really bad.
ACLU representatives said they might take on the case, Williams said. "They seemed interested. In fact, the initial legal advice I got from someone there was very strongly in favor of pursuing this." ACLU officials could not be reached for comment yesterday.
By way of response, the U.S.-led NATO proposal sounded modest and a bit miserly. British Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe spelled out the West's starting position, warning that NATO was not interested in a "competitive striptease." The plan, which he said went "far beyond bean counting," in essence...
Young Bernstein's reaction was to become a patriotic rebel -- class air-raid warden, supersalesman of Defense Bond stamps, proud wearer of an I LIKE IKE button -- and a marginal student who eventually skipped college to become a newspaper copy clerk. He also, quite understandably, became interested in whether his...