Word: manners
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Richard Lacayo remarked that architecture has become "practically as glamorously daredevil as bullfighting." But bullfighting is certainly not glamorous for the bull, which is destined to die in a hideous, cruel manner, nor is it daredevil for the coward who wields the swords. Any way you look at it, bullfighting is not a good comparison for great architecture. Joyce Janicki, St. Clair Shores, Michigan...
Hypocrisy is at the root of the sad situation on the political right, and Ronald Reagan started it [March 26]. He said the right things in a most seductive manner. Despite his talk of small government and fiscal responsibility, the federal bureaucracy and the national debt both grew tremendously under his guidance. Politicians say whatever the audience wants to hear, even if their words are completely divorced from reality. Whether discussing budget forecasts, civil liberties, the environment or reasons for war and the readiness of troops, they are just uttering patriotic-sounding lies. Rodney Hoffman, LOS ANGELES...
...published shortly in the American journal Bipolar Disorders, is the culmination of four years' work by a psychiatrist (Malhi) and a neuroscientist (Lagopoulos) who make an engagingly odd pairing. Cambridge-trained Malhi does most of the talking, often employing metaphors to explain complex ideas; Lagopoulos pipes up in a manner that suggests he would have impressed the heck out of his high-school science teacher. They often disagree, and sometimes argue "but outside work we're the best of friends," says Lagopoulos...
...that doesn't follow the usual President Bush-bashing. "Well, America's our CHAD at the moment," says Cowell. "And it's not their fault, it's ours. That's what the play is presenting, I guess, in a very unsubtle, wild and completely hilarious manner...
...Richard Lacayo remarked that architecture has become "practically as glamorously daredevil as bullfighting." But bullfighting is certainly not glamorous for the bull, which is destined to die in a hideous, cruel manner, nor is it daredevil for the coward who wields the swords. Any way you look at it, bullfighting is not a good comparison for great architecture. Joyce Janicki, ST CLAIR SHORES, MICHIGAN...