Word: metaphor
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...private spaces of his life. In one stunningly bizarre scene we see Gould approaching us across the snow-clad tundra. The distance and the alienation of his character from us the audience--humanity--is painful, almost violent. The ice and loneliness of the geography are a fitting metaphor for Gould's life as an artist...
...favorite metaphor of the University administration has long been "every tub on its own bottom." In his effort to centralize University fundraising and administration, Rudenstine attempted to have a hand in every...
...kinda like the childbirth analogy--you know, some deliveries are more painful than others. Nurturing a young team to term is a tough task for even the most discerning mother, and Pam Tomassoni's inevitable protests at the choice of metaphor notwithstanding. Mother Ronn can feel his baby kicking. He knows such labor pains are natural for a group like this...
...understanding how the highway metaphor works, we can better appreciate how and why our in-room network connections "go down" (and how they can be brought "back to life...
...having direct access to the meat of the "highway" is, shall we say, the "road construction" that we must face. In particular, network connections often "go down," or fail to operate, on Harvard's highway. We can describe the operation of our network adapters in terms of the highway metaphor...