Word: lucidities
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...valley of the painted horse", and a character named "Rapture" come right out of the fantasy worlds created for and by children. Oh-Ok's lyrics may be simple, but they are certainly not straightforward. Rather, they prefer to make their songs fragmented and oblique, hiding meaning not beneath lucid narrative, but in seemingly nonsensical childish ramblings...
...Evidence like nose on anteater." Does that count? Russians are better at such things. Once in my earshot Lillian Hellman observed: "A crazy person is crazy all the time." I have frequently found that valuable, particularly when in the company of a crazy person who is, for the moment, lucid. Confucius said: "Filial piety is the constant requirement of Heaven." That seems to me an excellent aphorism...
Lewontin and his co-authors have written a lucid and energetic rebuttal to the widely publicized news that genes control and and determine all social behavior. Since 1975, at least three new sociobiological journals have started up, and scores of papers and books have been written, following Wilson's celebrated Sociobiology: The New Synthesis. (He later focused on the most controversial aspect of his theory, human sociobiology, in On Human Nature.) Biologists immediately praised the work as an integration of evolutionary biology and anthropology. Sociobiology came into vogue in the late 70s and early 80s, when it was used...
...disparate stories never truly connect. How Betty's being a bank teller, for example, relates to Mike's being chased by thugs is never clear, and the connection between the parties Betty's pseudo-intellectual boyfriend Richard (Daniel Shor) gives and her relationship with Mike is even less lucid...
...fascinating essay, she frankly describes her own growth, paying tribute to her roots and discussing the writing of her Pulitzer-prizewinning novel The Color Purple. Those who first come to know Walker through this remarkable piece of fiction will be delighted by her lucid and insightful essays, which are infused with as much warmth and wisdom as her fiction, but moreover reveal a Walker that differs appreciably from the groping, just-awakening character of The Color Purple's Celie...