Word: methodizing
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...Grille has become much more challenging for the average patron," one first-year regular writes in an e-mail message. "While previously the 'pass-back' was an almost foolproof method for getting in a friend who did not have a positive ID, such activity is no longer even an option. It seems as though the bouncers have become much more scrupulous...
...with procreation the natural purpose of sex. How exactly one determines the "purpose" of an act, or how one assigns that purpose moral weight (outside of the naturalistic fallacy that whatever is, is good) is difficult to discern. Even harder is how to justify in this context the rhythm method or sex with an infertile spouse; to do so, conservatives have fallen back on ennobling heterosexuality per se, calling it a "unique two-in-one flesh communion" or invoking, as did Salient publisher Bronwen C. McShea '02, the union of Christ and His Church. Looking for good metaphors...
...During the ball's split-second journey from the bowler's hand to the batsman, Bradman would show more of his peculiar method. His backlift wasn't straight but in the direction of second slip, and his rear foot moved back and across the stumps. He liked to score from his first ball, then assess the vagaries of the pitch from the other end. He was most vulnerable early?he made seven noughts in 80 Test innings?but, once settled, an all-out attack was likely. These consisted of shots of all types, with a weighting toward late cuts...
...have to give it to them--they do have some really talented kids, and their goalie kept them in it for a while," Shewchuk said. "You have to do what it takes to win, and if their method of winning is to put the body on and be physical and be dirty, well then that's what they have...
When the first modern doulas began practicing professionally, roughly 20 years ago, their work was seen as part of another alternative birthing method. But in the past three years, there has been a remarkable rise in the demand for their services. Doulas of North America, which trains and certifies doulas, has 3,500 members--up from 750 in 1995, according to Kristi Ridd-Young, DONA's administrative director. "Part of this increase stems from the fact that the consumer is taking birth back into her own hands and wants to be a part of the decision process," says Ridd-Young...