Word: manneredness
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Even if the outlines of her story are familiar, what we look for from Atwood is intricate characterization, a fully imagined alternative universe and an original turn of mind. There's not much of that in the story told by Snowman, formerly Jimmy, a survivor of the global calamity who...
Crake is the low-key mad scientist in Margaret Atwood's rueful tale of mad science, Oryx and Crake (Bloomsbury; 374 pages), a book about an awful future. He's the kind of guy who says things like, "Let's suppose for the sake of argument that civilization as we...
A lunchtime rendezvous with Rahimi, however, revealed a mild-mannered man more intent on discussing his research on sensor networks than his superfly cell phone. Was it a mistake? Could this really be the same guy who called a bunch of British guys manufacturing similar cell phones �...
Lewis was the first dean of the College to be a full Faculty member—occupying the title of McKay Professor of Computer Science—following a long line of pure administrators like his mild-mannered predecessor, L. Fred Jewett ’57.
All of the principals give remarkable performances. Cassel in particular is excellent in his walking portrayal of masculine vengefulness. In the later scenes, he provides an interesting foil to Dupontel’s mild-mannered, sensitive Pierre, and Bellucci’s natural calm. Irreversible is certainly not a ?...