Word: particularity
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...Elsewhere, however, Wadham's obsession with what she considers universal French adultery becomes a major distraction. And similarly disappointing is her impression that the particular codes and mores of her husband's distinctly Parisian bourgeois milieu are applicable to wider French society. But, as with France itself, there's more to adore than despise in Wadham's effort...
...were thrilled to best their Ivy opponents—Princeton and Penn—who also participated in the weekend tournament. Princeton finished third and Penn finished fourth. “It’s always good to do well when you’re playing your peers, in particular,” Sheldon said. “It’s nice to come out on top of those teams...One day, one weekend, weird things can happen. That’s what we saw from Princeton. The first round, they shot a ridiculously high score...It?...
...While I don’t disagree with the study’s basic premise, this particular paper is pure advocacy, in an effort to get the biggest number possible,” he added...
...many of the architectural features of the new stadium are groundbreaking in themselves. The best of them are smart adaptations, well deployed. In particular, the arches and glass walls call to mind the new Wembley Stadium in London, a Foster design that Jones liked enough to visit three times on idea-gathering travels he and his wife Gene made to stadiums, airports and even shopping malls. Over the past few years, Gene also headed a project that commissioned site-specific works for the stadium by artists like Franz Ackermann, Mel Bochner and Olafur Eliasson, museum-quality names whose work...
Summit meetings, in particular those with 20 heads of state in attendance, are usually scripted, staid affairs. That's especially true when these get-togethers involve Chinese President Hu Jintao, whose private persona varies little from his public style. As befits someone who is running the world's most populous country, he is intensely disciplined and extremely cautious. On Tuesday, he will meet one on one with U.S. President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City before heading off to Pittsburgh, Pa., for the G-20 summit on Sept. 24-25. This...