Word: rigidities
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...Rene Magritte's famous brainteaser, the painting of a pipe with "This is not a pipe" written above it (of course not, dummy; it's a painting). Flag is designed like a flag, but it's made of paint, not cloth, and it cannot "fly"; it is static, stretched, rigid. You are meant to pay attention to its surface, which never happens with a real flag. This surface is discreetly sumptuous and full of energy, with marks and dribbles of wax encaustic over a ground of glued-on newspaper. On one hand, Johns seemed devoted to the flag...
Some students said the more rigid enforcement of biking regulations was a good idea. "I think it's a good idea for safety reasons," said Akilesh Palanisamy '98. "Cyclists tend to be...reckless...
Klein agrees: "Pretty much it's a nice happy place. It's a place where people can pretty much do their thing within the shadows of a very rigid social structure...
...television sitcoms can appreciate the story's irresistible appeal. On one side is a blond-haired, bespectacled six-year-old whose only crime seems to be having got too affectionate with a little girl in his class. On the other is a band of uptight school bureaucrats so rigid about their rules that they punished the kid and accused him of sexual harassment. Who could dream up a better example of political correctness gone haywire? Or a better episode of Boy Meets World...
...ganglia, coupled with unusual activity in the orbital prefrontal cortex, just above the eye sockets. The caudate nucleus normally acts as a gatekeeper, determining which thoughts, feelings and behaviors take priority. When it malfunctions, the "worry inputs" generated in the orbital prefrontal region run unchecked, and irrational beliefs become rigid and intractable...