Word: interpretative
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...adage “show, don’t tell” (which Didion accomplishes with virtuosity) to the inclusion of fragments of poems that she pores over and medical reports that she struggles to translate into lay terms. By compelling the reader to struggle with her to interpret “left tentorial subdural hematomas,” and dive with her into memories of family dinners, Didion simultaneously gives insight into her personal moments and provides situations to which the reader can relate. We may not have been there on her trip with Dunne to Hawaii, but everyone...
...understand yet. The band has even invented a funny little way to put us all into that irretrievable state of nature. They write a bunch of their songs in “Hopelandish,” a nonsense language that’s intended to allow the listener to interpret the lyrics however he or she so desires...
...pharma couldn't get away with a lot of what it does without help, says Angell, who describes a world in which researchers are all too eager to align themselves with industry in order to make money from their discoveries, and who accept industry funding to conduct, and interpret the results of, trials of drugs in which they may have a financial stake. Then there are the doctors who, seduced by the standard three-pronged charm offensive of drug company sales reps - food, flattery and friendship - respond by prescribing certain drugs with a frequency they wouldn't otherwise have contemplated...
...person of faith should be threatened by science, nor should science be subverted to serve one particular religious belief. Let's keep science free of the religious and political battles that have raged for centuries and allow those of faith to decide on their own how to interpret what science reveals...
...effort. A string of air attacks in September, including low-altitude buzz bombing, temporarily stopped petroleum output at the terminal. If Kharg is totally disabled, Iran has threatened to choke off traffic through the 20- to 30-mile-wide Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. has said it would interpret closure of the passage as a strategic threat...