Word: repeatability
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...Danylo had a virtually physical passion for poetry. He reacted to poetry he loved in the way a lightbulb reacts when connected to electricity. He would repeat favorite lines in that Slavic, declamatory way that makes of words a magically transporting physical experience, an illumination and a kind of intellectual drunkenness. In later life, Dan acquired a solidity of middle age, a gravitas, with even an air of the august. But I think of Dan the way he was when I first knew him at Harvard - thin, handsome, dashing in a Slavic style, with high cheekbones and curly brown hair...
...Ukrainian writing. He enlisted me sometimes in college to help him polish English versions of such beloved writers as Vasyl Stefanyk. He had taught me about the great Ukrainian national poet, Taras Shevchenko. (He also taught me some overly colorful Ukrainian phrases that I was stupid enough to repeat in mixed Ukrainian company, to his embarrassment and mine...
...that I can repeat everything, but it changed my worldview in the natural sciences," Pilot says...
...numbers keep on climbing, for public backlash. Urban politicians are likely to point to the large numbers of minorities behind bars, a sign of increasing marginalization in their communities. Then there is the fact that a considerable portion of the increase can be attributed to a rise in repeat offenders, thus raising the possibility that the mounting figures will never stop unless more serious efforts are made at rehabilitation. Finally, there is the issue of money - prisons gobble up a considerable portion of the public purse (about $15,000 per prisoner, per year). If the economy goes south...
...want the information to be made as widely available as possible - advocating, for instance, its posting on the Internet. They also point out that the psychosexual impulses that lead people to commit sex offenses against children are very difficult to cure or suppress, leading to a high rate of repeat offenses. The defenders argue that by serving their sentences the offenders have, in effect, paid their debt to society. They also make the case that wide distribution of personal information such as pictures and addresses could lead to acts of retribution. The issue is, of course, shaded by attitudes toward...