Word: sheerness
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...your twenty-fourth or twenty-fifth hour without sleep. Only sheer force of will and caffeine drive you from page three to page 20 in your 25-page paper. In the library, you awake suddenly in a puddle of your own saliva at 4 a.m. A “few winks” became a six-hour slumber...
...competitive world of creating writing, admission criteria are far more personal.The applications comprise a cover letter and a three- to five-page writing sample specific to the workshop. Often, the intensely personal nature of writing can make rejection from a workshop a singularly bitter experience, and application a sheer emotional impossibility.“The creative writing program discourages up-and-coming writers,” says Ashley R. LaPorte ’10, a prospective English concentrator. “It’s unlike applying to any other course. I feel some of the best writers are really...
Even the most left-leaning of wealthy liberals will balk at the idea of paying extra taxes, pointing to the sheer size of government expenditure. With a proposed federal budget of $2.9 trillion next year, an extra five percent of one’s income (the approximate size of the Bush tax cut for high earners) will neither provide more funds for schools nor reduce income inequality...
...with any large-scale production, the realistic three-dimensionality of the set distinguished it from an amateur effort. From sprouting mushrooms to great, sheer spider webs, the forest setting was fantastic and lush—magical realism for the stage...
...Finally, a sheer curtain with clever lighting suggested a liminal effect at the end of every scene, leaving the audience questioning whether they were still watching the performance or were back to the reality of the Wang Auditorium—just as Shakespeare’s characters question the reality of their own experience in the play...