Word: ness
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...story, the fantasy of the delayed birth becomes aligned with Precious’ determination to deliver a child whose size she sees as “proof of his American-ness.” These stories stretch from reality, but never very far, and only as amplifications of events occurring in a real universe, as in the diffidence and violence present in the couple of “Miracle...
This relaxed attitude toward his inherent different-ness may have been responsible for making Mitchell a point of discussion on campus, as well as in the larger worlds of the media and movie industries...
...nearly devoid of assigned reading. While there were some suggested books, neither section nor lecture spent much time on the topic of criticism; instead, the films themselves were the focus. I certainly heard some grumblings by the more avid film buffs about the courses “gut-ness...
...mean, for both of them, the schtick-ness is crucial, and though I’ll admit that Oasis seems to have forgotten that in recent years (frontman Liam Gallagher’s bar brawl in Italy was a low point), in those early days, Oasis was the reinvention of the rock band...
...struggling to describe what it is about Veronica Mars that has such a hold on me. Clearly it’s not some aspect of her TV-ness (i.e., she’s not a real person and she never disagrees with me) since I find Summer Roberts of “The OC” attractive but not nearly as perfect. It’s also not just lust run amok; I’m not usually into blondes, and actress Bell, while pretty, is a far cry from being a Catherine Zeta-Jones- level knockout...