Word: realm
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...insight was not historical but psychological: each side projects its own worst attributes onto the other, demonizing the enemy as an exaggerated and negative version of itself. We see some of that in our culture today. It's been a long and fraught summer in the political realm, and the hope for bipartisan harmony now seems like a naive fantasy. Each side, to quote Hofstadter, claims that what is at stake is "always a conflict about absolute good and absolute evil...
...Ratatouille”—gives an evocative and authentic performance. His naturally chubby physique complements his character’s infantile personality, both of which serve to present a man at odds with the world around him. Paul’s obsession extends beyond the realm of football; he’s created a lifestyle of blithe immobility and self-neglect on which he refuses to loosen his grip. Even his most immature moments—yelling at his mother for interrupting his 15 seconds of radio fame, scarfing down Chinese food and Mountain Dew until his head...
...novel as one about the “disappointments of young men with the world,” — first, perhaps, with Harvard, and then with what they encounter next — so too do the trials Wurtzel and the others memoirists describe extend beyond the realm of Harvard...
...crunching guitar riffs and driving base lines overlaid with Matt Bellamy’s operatic, choirboy-gone-bad falsetto. When all these elements come together, Muse songs can be sublime slices of ominous, oddly euphoric prog rock; when they don’t, the songs veer quickly into the realm of the absurd. Through four albums of material, Muse’s releases have generally tended towards the former. “Black Holes and Revelations,” realeased in 2006, finally earned them popularity in the U.S. to match the fanatic following they enjoy in their native country...
...only respite from the industrial argot and ominous exhortations came in the form of John Studzinski, who took to the fore again apparently to lighten the mood and explain his particular realm of expertise: acquisitions and mergers. In explaining the key to success within Blackstone, Studzinski cited "the three D's: data, details, and deadlines." To clarify exactly what this meant in terms his audience might appreciate, Studzinski stated that the analyst's job entailed "a lot of boring shit work...