Word: methodizing
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...Jeff if you spell it with two f's instead of t's," she said. "You cannot do this to my grandson. I'm just trying to protect this poor unborn baby. I have no other reason." Having kids is already proving to be just as fulfilling a method of getting back at my parents as I had hoped...
...establishment of two new curatorships: the Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Curatorship of American Art, as well as the Diane and Michael Maher Assistant Curatorship of American Art. The endowment will also contribute to the Benjamin Rowland Fund for American Art, which will fund ongoing operations. Stebbins said his method for fundraising was “being very, very nice to people.” Donors included Stebbins’ friends Diane and Michael Maher, who gave a gift to establish the assistant curatorship—a position now held by Virginia M. Anderson...
...novel that any responsible critic could describe with words like brisk or taut. (Not like all those other brisk, taut 898-page novels.) That's not Bolaño's method. He's addicted to unsolved mysteries and seemingly extraneous details that actually do turn out to be extraneous, and he loves trotting out characters - indelible thumbnail sketches - whom we will never encounter a second time. If three people spend the night at a hotel, you can count on Bolaño to stop the story cold for 10 pages while he describes each of their dreams...
...uses energy and, more important, figure out how it can get by on less - something that will become an inevitability when oil prices start creeping up again. Last summer's high fuel costs gave some in the field an inkling of what hospitals might face. "The old method of 'just in time' delivery for supplies [and trauma patients] made sense with energy sufficiency," says Bednarz. "It makes no sense when you have energy scarcity or very high prices." He says facilities will need to plan ahead, use less fuel to ensure adequate availability and devote warehouse space to stocking...
...egregiously corrupt Democrat and a former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. In exhaustive detail, Poundstone describes the machinations of political camps as they seek to exploit minor parties for their own gains.Poundstone’s central argument boils down to a repudiation of the plurality voting method. Although plurality voting is widely accepted and is generally believed to be the fairest possible way to make political decisions, Poundstone contends that its flaws outweigh its benefits. Time and time again, he highlights the ease with which political consultants and strategists manipulate voters, a task that...