Word: simplemindedness
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Indeed, Biography's simple but rarely simpleminded approach to its subjects--each episode profiles a famous figure--has made it basic cable's version of must-see TV. Currently celebrating its 10th anniversary, Biography has gone from a weekly series to one that airs six times a week (Monday through...
There's evocative atmosphere in the period detail and perky faux-'60s tunes. A pity these are wasted in a movie that, like many a pop tune, has a cute idea but a simpleminded lyric. --R.C.
Scalia's siege mentality was manifest in his speech this spring at a Mississippi prayer breakfast. "We are fools for Christ's sake...We must pray for the courage to endure the scorn of the sophisticated world," he declared, explaining that in educated circles Christians are regarded as "simpleminded." The...
Lenat may have the last word--at least for now. With its 10-year head start over Cog, the CYC project is much closer to spinning off practical applications, and its timing couldn't be better. The World Wide Web's chaotic infobloom is starting to strain the limits of...
Buried in her 11-page memo, and largely ignored in the simpleminded caricatures attending it, is a commendation for Rob Shapiro's "Cut and Invest" program. Shapiro was the Clinton campaign's principal economic adviser. He is now at the Progressive Policy Institute, the Washington think tank run by the...