Word: maximalism
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...series, Enterprise - which shows in the U.K. as well as the U.S. - includes T'Pol, a Vulcan female who is shrink-wrapped in a cat suit that probably blocks circulation but beautifully accentuates the bosom that once landed actress Jolene Blalock, who plays T'Pol, on the cover of Maxim. The other woman on the bridge, Ensign Sato, has had trouble doing her subservient job - she's a translator - because she panics. Some Trekkies are annoyed. Earlier this year, feminist Donna Minkowitz argued in the Nation magazine that "["Enterprise"] is the first Star Trek really interested in punishing women." That...
...same cannot be said of mainstream Christianity in this country. Nobody is better at sending mixed messages than mainline American Protestantism. Most denominations preach some variation on the “hate the sin, but love the sinner” maxim. Homosexuality is sinful, but come on in anyways—just keep quiet about...
...Sarokhan turned that philosophy into a maxim: “Before you speak or act, ask yourself if 30 years from now you will be content to look back upon what you are about to do.” It was the beginning of a life lived according to maxim. Actually, it was the beginning of a life lived according to about 40 maxims, which are collected and tucked into a pocket of his daybook for easy access...
...there’s one maxim of presidential hopeful Sarokhan’s that has no parallel on the former president’s list. Washington’s list reminds him to “Let your Recreations be Manfull not Sinfull.” Sarokhan’s says: “Keep a list of contacts...
...Fighting Technique is Unstoppable, Rees’ previous comic series, “an obscenity”) and was genuinely pumped about the adjustable lectern in Sever 113. He’s lived in New York for a few years now, fact-checking for Martha Stewart and Maxim when he needs cash. He says that GYWO was written primarily to ease the confusion and anger he felt not after September 11, but after October 9, when President Bush unleashed the grief, declaring a “war on terrorism...