Word: pointedness
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According to Silverglate, the war on terror atmosphere has permeated the bubble of college campuses, and he pointed to the Ad Board as an example of this trend. To the unanimous head-nodding of his listeners, Silverglate voiced strong opposition to the Ad Board, noting a major point of contention...
Perhaps in subtle deference to this irony, the seal adopted in 1780 replaced the childlike Native American begging for help with the taciturn, muscled man standing upright that appears today. In a way, the image evokes Rousseau’s “noble savage,” emerging from...
A Good Heart or a Good Angle? Bob Geldof's piece about President George W. Bush's impact on Africa revealed that my heroes can be fallible [March 3]. I would have expected a more nuanced perspective from Geldof, a man who has worked so hard on the African continent...
In New Jersey, poultry company Ise America has used such exemptions to defend disposing of unwanted live chicks in a trashcan. In a court case in the fall of 2000, the company’s lawyer opined, “how chickens are discarded, falls into agricultural management practices of...
A Good Heart or a Good Angle? Bob Geldof's piece about President George W. Bush's impact on Africa revealed that my heroes can be fallible [March 3]. I would have expected a more nuanced perspective from Geldof, a man who has worked so hard on the African continent...