Word: rationale
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If Sartorius seems a familiar name, it's because we first glimpsed him in Doctorow's 1994 novel The Waterworks, a story of murderous intrigues in early 20th century Manhattan. And among the freed slaves is Coalhouse Walker, whose son and namesake will rage at the center of Ragtime. You...
The writer-performer understands that a movie company working in the Third World is a colonial microcosm. Its technology is imperious in its imperatives; its largesse inevitably provokes all sorts of mutually exploitative muddles with the locals. This is a valid, if modest, insight, and Gray projects himself agreeably as...
I appreciate columnist Charles Krauthammer's clear and unequivocal statement on the dangers of the creationist intrusion into science instruction [Aug. 8]. I am a behavioral scientist and university professor, and I have always been dismayed that behavioral-science departments do not include major sections on the power of religious...
Earning Their Stripes Germany's Adidas has been a fixture on the sporting scene ever since founder Adi Dassler invented spiked shoes for track-and-field in the 1920s. But when it comes to making sneakers for fashion and leisure, Adidas has lagged far behind Nike, the world's leading...
"Ethics is taught in many forms in service academies and postgraduate institutions. But Stockdale wants to create a model specifically designed to help the military 'regain our bearings.' Says he: 'TODAY'S RANKS ARE FILLED WITH OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN WEANED ON SLOGANS AND FADS OF THE SORT PREACHED IN...