Word: mannerize
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Technology, too, has been a revolutionary force in academia, Bok said. Computers and videotapes, he said, have changed both the way students communicate their thoughts and the manner of taking in new knowledge from professors...
...bible advises atrocious punishments for women who grab men's genitals and even commands Jews to commit genocide against the Amalekites. We should no more revile the apostles than the prophets. For Dershowitz, who sees everything through the lens of his paranoia, any whiff of anti-Semitism disqualifies all manner of good deeds...
...more politically sophisticated manner, Queen Latifah (Dana Owens) has staked out a high ground in rap. "Guys have this macho thing where they always have to be tough -- it's peer pressure, " she says. "I'm trying to show people another point of view." Latifah, an electrifying performer who favors jodhpurs and large hats, delivers a spiritual message that rises above the petty issues in the war of the sexes. In Ladies First she raps about optimism and pride: "We are the ones to give birth/ To the new generation of prophets...
...reader's attention, hook the reader's imagination, impress a message immediately. In a cartoon, "the message being conveyed usually is not essentially different from those expounded in newspaper opinion columns," says William Thomas, editor and executive vice president of the Los Angeles Times. But as Thomas recognizes, "the manner of conveyance is different--profoundly different...
...this endeavor, I integrate images, text and ideas to provoke reactions that stories or photos alone never could. My intent is not to convert readers, but to agitate their intellects--to convey a stimulating perspective in a powerful manner that compels them to stop, stare and even question. The cartoon's potential to alter viewpoints and influence action is what I aspire to unlock. Special cartoons transcend the limitations of their topic and medium when they touch the chords of human feeling and morality. To accomplish this, they must originate from the gut of their maker...