Word: methodic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Keverian said bonding was a "less painful" method for paying the bill, since the tax burden would be spread over several years...
THERE is a third method of dealing with examination questions--that is by the use of the overpowering assumption, an assumption so cosmic that it is sometimes accepted. For example, we wrote that it was pretty obvious that the vague generality was the key device in any discussion of examination writing. Why is it obvious? As a matter of fact it isn't obvious at all, but just an arbitrary point from which to start. That is an example of an unwarranted assumption...
...worker Kerry Ermon contends that the fashion shows have been an extremely productive way to find new homes for youngsters who would otherwise be hard to place. Already, prospective parents have made serious inquiries about more than half the children who participated. But some critics say that Penney's method is offensively reminiscent of an auction. To which Ermon replies, "I would love it if we didn't need to recruit for foster and adoptive families. But the reality is we have more children than we have families...
...think [Harvard's method] is the way to influence the military. For instance, if you want to influence university policy, is it really the best method to occupy the dean's office and leave the trustees alone?" he says. "You don't coerce the instruments of power--you coerce the wielders of power...
Glenn Kiser is also delightful as the aggrieved Prince of Denmark. In Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Stoppard imparts a bit more method into Hamlet's madness than can be found in Shakespeare's text, and Kiser adds a devilish glitter to the part...