Word: recentering
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...recent New York Times piece, Tufts University’s Maryanne Wolf, author of “Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain,” feared the trend the vook might encourage: “Can you any longer read Henry James or George Eliot?” she asked. “Do you have the patience...
...unlike their 18th-century French counterparts, readers today face a large and growing pool of information, but I don’t see readers (if they can even be called that anymore) becoming more analytical as a result of the many recent developments in reading technology. If anything, these products seem merely to make us read faster, less carefully, and in such a way that we can no longer absorb anything not presented in an easily digestible form such as video clips or embedded MP3 files. After all, is a vook something we “read?...
...high percentage of American children have low levels of vitamin D—a deficiency that could lead to a host of health problems, ranging from respiratory diseases to weak bones to the common cold—according to a recent study from Harvard-affiliated hospitals and the University of Colorado School of Medicine...
...here at FlyBy seriously enjoyed the hilarious recent pop culture reference of this shirt. After all, the Kanye figure speaks the truth here. However, we foresee one slight problem: Didn't the MTV music awards debacle create an outpouring of support for Swift and disdain for Kanye? Yeah, that might be one unintended consequence we don't want...
...Read TIME's recent cover story, "What Women Want...