Word: misunderstoodness
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...onetime London district of Hampstead, six family clans eke out a hard, bucolic living. The Hamsters adhere to the ancient Davine scriptures, learning his "runs" by rote from the local priest, or Driver. They speak in Mokni, a transliterated mix of cockney, mobile text speak and the misunderstood vocabulary of cabbie Dave. Thus, they greet one another with "Ware2, guv," the night sky becomes the "dashboard," unmarried women are "opares" and every hot meal is a "curry." Peaceful normality reigns until one islander by the name of Symun starts preaching his doubts about the sacred texts. Far to the north...
...certainly sad to see the developments in Russia since Gorbachev was President of the former Soviet Union. His concept of perestroika was sorely misunderstood by the population, which has since separated into many factions, each with its own agenda. As a Nobel laureate, Gorbachev will be remembered by many of us as a man who was ahead of his time. Henrik V. Blunck Dianalund, Denmark...
...financially ruin those officials. Most of them get rich in office, if they weren't already wealthy. Rex H. Wyers Pace, Florida, U.S. It is certainly sad to see the developments in Russia since Gorbachev was President of the former Soviet Union. His concept of perestroika was sorely misunderstood by the population, which has since separated into many factions, each with its own agenda. As a Nobel laureate, Gorbachev will be remembered by many of us as a man who was ahead of his time. Henrik V. Blunck Dianalund, Denmark What's Next for Israel? time's story on Ehud...
...20th anniversary of Andy Warhol's death next year is creating buzz about the famously misunderstood artist, who uniquely grasped the function of celebrity and mass media in modern society and redefined the barrier between art and commerce. This month Phaidon Press publishes a 15-lb., 624-page visual biography, including 2,000 images, many rare or unpublished. In September PBS will air a documentary by Ric Burns anointing Warhol as the most significant artist of the second half of the 20th century and featuring previously unseen footage of Warhol in his studio in 1962. Also this fall Sienna Miller...
...current approach to urban development, with its emphasis on size and status over originality, is as environmentally reckless as it is visually dull. With farmland and forests disappearing and water running out, Yu says, cities can't afford be so wasteful: "China needs a dramatic shift. We've misunderstood what it means to be developed. We need to develop a new system, a new vernacular, to express the changing relationship between land and people." When Yu, now 42, returned home in 1997 with a doctorate in design from Harvard and a teaching appointment at Peking University's Architecture Center, landscape...