Word: neutral
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Keep wrists in a neutral position -- not twisted or strained -- at the keyboard. The same applies to other activities such as holding a steering wheel, a tennis racket or a pencil...
First, in his assault on National Coming Out Day, he attacks the idea of spending time to celebrate one's identity. One's sexual orientation, Lat argues, does not deserve respect because it is something "which you had no hand in bringing about and is morally neutral." He calls such "celebrations of diversity" "mutual masturbation festivals...
...Patrick Armand (Giselle and Count Albrecht), injected a good deal of acting into their dancing, and thus dramatically conveyed the pinnacles and plunges of their respective emotional roller-coasters. However, Ponomarenko and Armand remained unsupported in their eruptions of energy. The soloists and corps seemed unfocused and emotionally neutral. The lack of enthusiasm in the village's celebrations of Act I and the superficial pathos of the Wills in Act II detracted from Ponomarenko and Armand's powerful performances...
...know it's an outdated custom that discriminates against the mediocre, but linking societal validation and achievement made a lot of sense. After all, you shouldn't take pride in something which a) you had no hand in bringing about and b) is morally neutral...
...this is a symptom of sport, not just soccer. Roger Neilson nearly led the expansion and relatively talent-barren Florida Panthers to the NHL playoffs last year by emphasizing the clutch-and-grab tactics of the neutral zone trap and banking on good goal-tending (i.e. John Vanbiesbrouck) to save them when the trap failed...