Word: objectional
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Sentimentalists will object here that shopkeepers’ motives for polluting their storefront displays with tinsel, holly, and plastic candelabras are an expression of holiday good cheer, perverse financial considerations be damned. That’s a very pleasant thought, but it defies common sense. This isn’t someone’s living room—it’s the marketplace, and the only warmth that matters is that of customers’ grabbing hands. Storeowners aren’t trying to cheer you up or brighten your day; they’re trying to pander...
There's something thrilling about an object that's been made just for you. Luckily, retailers agree. Vera Wang recently introduced Writing Papers, a collection of stationery meant to be personalized. Miller Harris, a small London-based perfumer, offers shoppers a chance to collaborate on their own bespoke fragrance. But if the $10,000 fee is too much, the next best thing, L'Air de Rien?a scent Miller Harris created for Jane Birkin?is available for a far saner price at the company's first U.S. outpost in New York City's Saks Fifth Avenue. And for a truly...
Sahil K. Mahtani’s column titled “The University Is a Drama Queen” (December 1) provides a refreshing perspective on the military’s relation to Harvard—or lack thereof. Like Mahtani, I certainly object to the military’s discriminatory policies and agree that they need reform, but breaking all ties with our nation’s system of defense is not the answer. It is much easier to change an organization from the inside out. If Harvard is not producing any substantial number of military recruits, then...
...Souter was equally troubled by exhortations from Gordon and the Solicitor General that school districts should seek "race-neutral" alternatives. "At the end of the day, the object is... the achievement of racial mixture," Souter said. "Why do they have to hide the ball?" Candor, he suggested, is better than some clumsy proxy for achieving integration...
...only have helped that Diller and Scofidio came to the job with experience as artists. When architects think of themselves that way, it's usually because they see themselves, like Frank Gehry, creating sculptural form. But Diller and Scofidio have been conceptual artists, more concerned with ideas than the objects they shape them into. Now they have made their biggest object yet, and the main idea embodies how we see. Or, as Scofidio puts it, "The building, for us, is a kind of viewing apparatus. It's a machine for seeing...