Word: rawness
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...doesn't turn on the starkest emotions but finds them within her. When she gets the news of her brother's disappearance in My Son Jack, her devastation is both extravagant and acute; too much seems exactly the right amount. Her Nina in The Seagull wore emotions so raw that Mulligan was in a sluice of tears for nearly the entire evening...
...food imprinting. Experiencing a flavor about 10 times during this period can make children familiar enough with it to develop a preference for it later on, says Greene. This, unfortunately, includes a predilection for the taste of, say, cooked strained peaches, which does not translate into opting for the raw fruit later on. Why? "Children have already been imprinted with the processed flavor," he says. (See TIME's special report "Safety Issues: Pills During Pregnancy...
...original works Suwage produced at the Tyler Institute bear the marks of this dissent. One depicts a naked woman against slate-gray letters - the text of the antiporn law - embossed onto paper that is often kneaded by hand from raw cotton. The physicality of Agus' finished piece, with letters extruding from crenellated surfaces, is one way his print works are unique. The use of repetition is also striking. Suwage is already well known for political commentary. With printing, his barbs have even greater sting. "The message becomes much stronger than on a single canvas work," says Tan Boon Hui, director...
...Okam has confirmed that Harvard is currently his top choice. A raw prospect with outstanding athletic ability, Okam is a 250-lb seven-footer who would provide the Crimson with a front-court force to be reckoned with. Following visits to Vanderbilt and Loyola Marymount, he will have a decision next month...
...their efforts that some improvements have been made over the past 20 years. "Previously there were 100 latrines hanging directly over the lakes," says Razdan, an environmental enthusiast who heads Udaipur's Lake Conservation Society. Until six years ago, 25 tons of solid waste and 6 million liters of raw sewage were dumped into the lakes each day. Now, he says, those numbers have been reduced by 60%. But the local government has made an impact too: a drainage system, built by Udaipur's Urban Improvement Trust (a district regulatory body) and the Rajasthan government's Public Health Engineering Department...