Word: pleasingness
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THE SENSUOUS WOMAN, which has already hit the top of the best-seller list and is second this week, combines many sexist, self-deprecatory attitudes with a few good techniques and ideas. The main reason to be a Sensuous Woman (i.e., good in bed) is to be able to catch...
Echoi does establish a structure, but tears it down again as I have mentioned, almost as if there were something immoral about well-ordered music. While the piece itself might be very pleasing as an example of the new music, the composer goes out of his way to make it...
See and Do. Our Man-Made Environment bristles with challenge. Many of its pages are lightweight cardboard punch-outs, which can be folded to make beams, roofs, and whole buildings. One of the first lessons asks students to punch out six geometric shapes and arrange them in a pleasing design...
But there is no pleasing some people: many ecologists and Earth Day organizers fear that such gestures will destroy a necessary adversary relationship. Says Fred Kent, coordinator for New York's Environmental Action Coalition: "It is irresponsible for business to say that they support us. They are just trying...
The challenge is to convince black citizens that their story will be told fairly, even when the reporter himself is not sure how his white editors will handle it. The temptation is to promise too much, to report only that which is pleasing, to be a soul brother in print...