Word: spareness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...giving Kasparov even one--to snap one pawn. It was as if, at Gettysburg, General Meade had sent his soldiers out for a bit of apple picking moments before Pickett's charge because he had calculated that they could get back to their positions with a half-second to spare...
Passing an electrical current through teeth may help dentists detect tiny pores that are the early sign of cavities. The tiny jolt, though it sounds shocking, could spare patients the drill. A special sealant may then halt the decay...
Harvard offers at least two courses that could have given your reviewer a clue: Foreign Cultures 66 "Tiananmen Square"(Prof. Roderick MacFarquhar) and Literature and Arts C-49 "Cultural China in Contemporary Perspectives" (Prof. Leo Lee). Spare the author, and your paper, further embarrassment. --Matei Mihalca Committee on History and East Asian Languages
Loker's is an aesthetic of the cool--or rather, the painfully cool. The Loker look, inspired by that peculiarly Pacific Northwestern fascination with the spare and the electronic, is less a reflection of our tastes than it is an attempt by aging baby-boomers to construct a new-age playground in which to act out their juvenile fantasies and satisfy their inner cravings for Italianate coffees...
...seems as if the Institute for Advanced Theater Training was not entirely supportive of "Female Transport." Clearly very little money was funneled into the production, and Southerland was forced to utilize a theater space that only Morlocks could love. The set was spare and much was left to the imagination. The sound, full of excellent boat noises and somewhat odd, but nonetheless dramatic music, was not emanating from good speakers. And the lighting was severe...