Word: pointedness
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Linguists like Deborah Tannen have pointed out that girls and women have great difficulty asking for appropriate recognition. It seems to be part of our cultural idea of femininity that women are supposed to be self-effacing about their work. It's striking how often women of accomplishment bend over...
before his arrest in March 2003, faces charges of attempting to build a terrorist organization - which his lawyers dismissed - and tax fraud, rather than the more serious charge of membership of a terrorist organization, which would require stronger evidence. Mega Setback INDONESIA The Golkar party of former dictator Suharto won...
Nonetheless, Congressional spokesmen admitted that even mass action such as Project Washington stands little chance of seriously influencing Congressional thought. "If they could prove they represented an overwhelming majority," one legislative aide commented, "then we might be swayed." A check of offices on the Hill revealed that mail is generally...
If commercial rap often has the best beats, underground rap tends to rule the roost when it comes to performance, and Murs proves the point. A long, pointed beard offsets his Denzel good looks. When he raps, his energy is channeled through blazing eyes while one hand reaches towards the...
Such a predicament should not be unfamiliar. I read these words recently in the context of also having heard a talk given by Manning Marable, the eminent African-American historian at Columbia University, as part of the 2004 DuBois Lectures at the W.E.B DuBois Institute. Marable’s final...