Word: newfangledness
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The continuity of the status quo is paramount, and anything smacking of the impolite or the newfangled runs afoul of protocol, which proscribes that forbidden by precedent, such as tanning on the docks, as well as anything that peeves Kummer.
His fictional creations mingle with some of the most prominent names in Harvard history. John Winthrop comes off as a humorous mad-scientist type as he encourages the use of newfangled microscopes, Elizabeth Cary Agassiz campaigns for a women’s college and Joe Kennedy looks longingly up at...
oil company, has begun taking to its subsidiaries around the globe, from Angola to Belgium, with a stop in the U.S. this year. The mission is to drive home to managers everywhere that Total has a goal besides making money: it wants to become a better corporate citizen. That means...
This is not a newfangled ice cream scoop; it's a fast way to gather ammo when your brothers are packing ice. The Snow Baller joins a full range of winter gear at this rather goofy-looking site, part of fincosport-n-toys.com
These newfangled death rites may make traditionalists gasp. But some experts see them as a positive development. "For a long time, people were removed from the process, letting professionals arrange these elaborate but impersonal ceremonies," says Sarah York, a Unitarian Universalist minister and the author of Remembering Well: Rituals for...