Word: spheres
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...surprisingly given that this is America after all - in the sphere of its economy that the hip-hop nation is most evolved. Where hip-hop artists once built a following through word of mouth at block parties and tiny clubs in New York's outer boroughs, today they're part of a multibillion-dollar industry that invents new careers week after week and launches them in million-dollar videos. In terms of sales, hip-hop, together with the R&B genre that it counts as a cousin, is the largest and the fastest-growing musical format. When the Fugees swept...
...distrust. Today's youth do not shy away from the problems of their community; instead, they shy away from politics as a solution to those problems, choosing to help through private initiative and community service with a dedication that could, with some effort, be diverted into the public sphere...
...Parthenon. Greg Lynn has a thing for the blob. This would not only be the '50s sci-fi thriller about a belligerent wad of jelly. The blobs that beguile him are any "isomorphic polysurfaces," meaning shapes that are, well, blobs. Architecture is a profession in which the cube and sphere are still the literal building blocks. What Lynn prefers reminds you of amoebas and bundled foam. In the most pliant forms of nature, in very irregular geometry, he sees the future...
...bigger picture in the "great game" of geopolitics and an enviable respect and gravitas in Western corridors of power. He has a vision - a doctrine, if you like - which holds that despite its current weakness, Russia must use all means at its disposal to expand its sphere of influence, using its wits, strengths and historical relationships to contest U.S. global influence. As foreign minister, Primakov operated within the limits set by an unpopular regime led by an enfeebled president, but Moscow analysts believe that what may now be emerging is a combination of the Primakov doctrine with Putin's energy...
...town vote when a proposal to raise property taxes to pay for education hits the local ballot? Count on it: this time, through the scrupulous, if self-interested, exercise of their franchise, boomers will yank the reins of society out of the hands of their children. In every other sphere, we may be every bit as faded as a poster from the original Woodstock. But here, in one final effort to forestall Boomerdammerung, we will summon the vigor to plant our solipsistic flagpole, piercing the heart of the larger society...