Word: odd
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It’s hard to sum up why “The Real World” is such an odd gem of a show. It certainly is trite and ridiculous about 80 percent of the time (one wonders what these people are really like), but the appeal is undeniable and almost inexplicable. It might only be said like this—seeing an extension of a person’s self-analysis perhaps makes us feel less trite and ridiculous, because we don’t have to announce on camera our inner feelings. Regardless, it?...
...beginning I just wanted to sleep during odd hours of the day, and I was almost ready to offer myself to the lowest bidding firm that would consider me for a position, Gwen said. However, with time I began to deal with these dramatic events by taking action to a degree that I never had before. I spend my time in the apartment, researching on databases, talking to others in my situation, and really looking into all the other options that could be out there for me in this industry. It really keeps me going knowing that Im not just...
...only can the band members now play during dining hours, which Lowell prohibited, they dont have to set up their equipment each time they come in. And they can enjoy the odd beer or ten, uninhibited...
Some of the 30-odd participants said the problem lies not so much in students’ unwillingness to be active, but more in a failure by environmental groups to publicize themselves...
...half a life” of the title refers, most obviously, to the 40-odd years of Willie’s life described in the novel. On a more figurative level, it refers to the bisected personality of Willie as he goes from country to country, life to life. In India, in England and in Mozambique, he feels neurotic tugs on his sense of identity, and as a result nowhere do his friends and lovers see more than half of the person whom they know. In India, Willie yearns for Canada and an escape from his father?...