Word: rigidness
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...natural, since it can be generated simply by looking at parts of the body in a completely new way. Ironically, since science uses “handedness” to define the very concept of symmetry, Schneider only photographs right hands. This immediately strips away the context of rigid formalism that normally surrounds representations of the human body in art, allowing Schneider the space to turn the hand into his very own abstract canvas...
Students love WERS in particular because its non-commercial status allows them to play nearly anything they want. Large commercial stations have rigid, market-determined playlists. Since WERS is member and college-supported, they have no such obligations. Often, a student will hear a new CD or a new artist in concert and bring their name to Baudouin as someone they would like to play. “We trust each other’s tastes and opinions. I defer to the music directors of specific shows because they know their music better than I do. I can appreciate what...
Liautaud believes that taxes on stock options are too high and labor laws too rigid, citing the 35-hour-a-week work restriction, as well as the difficulty and expense of laying off workers. Privately, he says he is not sure he would start a business in France today...
...perhaps the closest we will ever get to hearing Kissin play Bach, and one could hear why he has not made unadulterated Bach a part of his performing repertoire. He is clearly most at home with the romantics, and even this romanticized version of Bach felt awkward and rigid. The opening prelude is marked quasi improvisandio, yet Kissin made it sound like he had been practicing it the same way for years. He then delivered a fugue that was technically solid but lacked the charm and grace needed to propel it forward...
...keep unemployment as much as a full percentage point lower than it would otherwise be--a savings worth 1.4 million jobs--according to Harvard University economist Richard Freeman. It's a stark contrast to the dark days of the Great Depression when, as economist John Maynard Keynes famously wrote, rigid wages exacerbated the situation by giving employers little choice but to hand workers their walking papers...