Word: phrasings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...supposed to write about "the future of techno" in this column, but really I don't know anything about techno or rave music, although I've heard my CD collection referred to as both (if anyone dares to use the phrase "electronica"...) What I do know a bit about is house music, and it's hard to say anything definitive about a genre that spins off a few hundred subgenres a year. But I'll hazard guesses about the near future. What I loved in 1998 was the emergence of the French disco house genre with a retro sound that...
Unfortunately, Englander has a tendency to overstate the sufferings of the Jewish people. Though he writes stories which are genuinely and interestingly sad, the author often insists on adding a manipulative twist, making the occasional phrase sound whiny and trite. While his stories are always engaging, holding attention up to the last moment, Englander's endings are often abrupt and unsatisfying...
...awestruck, watching LeBow easily explain the meaning of the phrase "I should" and explicating the difference between finger nails and iron nails, I was struck with one fundamental question that yet remains unanswered...
...RESONANT PHRASE] Ending this tragedy is a moral imperative...
...they appear in the originals--complete with watermarks, worn pages and wormholes. Says Richard Kuhta, librarian of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington: "You can do everything but smell the book." What's more, readers can instantly search these digital copies, unlike the originals, to find a word or phrase. Co-founded by Adobe Systems CEO John Warnock, an avid rare-book collector, Octavo has so far published 15 titles. Others soon to come include Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and the Wycliffe New Testament (the first English translation). Octavo CD-ROMs cost...