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During an exclusive interview with TIME, at her embassy office overlooking Rome's ancient Circus Maximus, Glendon said she hopes to offer lucid analysis for Foggy Bottom about just how the deep thoughts of the "Professor Pontiff" might influence public policy. One example was Benedict's provocative 2006 discourse about religion and violence in Regensberg, Germany, which initially angered many Muslims but has also helped recast the worldwide "Clash of Civilizations" debate. "One of his central preoccupations has always been about reconciling faith and reason," Glendon said of the Pope. "He wants to know how religions can come to terms...
...trying to sell newspapers. Yet research shows that thujone has a significant effect on the brain, in part by blocking the neurotransmitter that controls nerve impulses. "It makes the brain zap around really fast," says Jad Adams, who wrote in Hideous Absinthe about the liquor's renown for causing lucid inebriations. "Like when you have a really strong cup of coffee...
...most believably insane character, and clearly the one into whom the actor had most deeply sunk her claws, was the obsessive-compulsive patient Jackie, played by Sarah A. Sherman ’09. Her scuttling, screaming, cuddling, and lucid outbursts put one on edge. While her colleagues occasionally clowned for laughs, Sherman would not let us forget that her character was deeply troubled, if also somewhat sweet and silly...
...balance between providing useful technical vocabulary and dumping a list of Latin on the reader, and they do so without sacrificing their authoritative tone.The 27-page introduction leaves little to the imagination, providing a whirlwind overview of chemistry as well as fodder for the critics. While its writing is lucid and well-illustrated, a reader not intimately versed in (at least) Advanced Placement high school chemistry might find its pace too quick.But the introduction is an admirable attempt to remedy the challenge the authors recognize in the book’s preface—that of writing at too high...
...record books as much as Tubman’s does.But what makes “Well-Behaved Women” notable can also make it frustrating. While Ulrich does momentarily forge connections between her three central authors and other memorable women at the beginning of each chapter, the lucid transitions and apparent connections begin to unravel near the end. True, she makes her point clear: there have been many examples of women who have earned the right to have their names alongside those of George Washington or Frederick Douglass. But at times, Ulrich’s awkward shift from...