Word: particularity
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...other development contributing to the grist shortage is, of course, the Internet in general and blogs in particular. This is clearly the Blog Election: four years ago, blogs were not yet omnipresent, and four years from now, the mainstream media may not be as terrorized by them...
...grist shortage is pretty clearly responsible for the vastly increased emphasis being given this year to one story in particular: the so-called money primary. The first quarterly campaign-finance reports from the candidates were released recently, but leaks and rumors about how much has been raised by whom have been big news for at least a month. Obama almost tied Hillary! Romney did well by tapping prosperous Mormons! What's good about this material is that it is hard data allowing for objective comparisons among the candidates. It barely matters what the hard data are about. Could be freckles...
...Many humanities professors said that language deserved a higher placement in the curriculum in general, and in the “Ethical Reasoning” category in particular...
...making the Super Bowl can often do more to bring together that team’s city than any rousing speech by a politician.Are there more mentally stimulating or globally important subjects that I could immerse myself in? Sure. But I am uniquely motivated by sports and sportswriting in particular, and I’d rather indulge my passion and create quality work than pretend to be interested in something more “serious” in order to attain some perceived added credibility and wallow in mediocrity.If that’s not significant, I don?...
...engaging, diverse FIP leadership staff, the process of adjustment would be vastly more difficult. “I was a FIP refugee,” Gong says.Despite being denied access to the program, Gong remained undaunted and successfully integrated herself into the Woodbridge Society. “In my particular case it was seeing that potential in Woodbridge to become a place for Americans who are really interested in international affairs and meeting international students,” Gong says.Like Gong, the other students who don’t neatly match the Harvard definition of “international?...