Word: stepping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...because it worked . . . they have a common vision . . . they must show results." Burlingham's biases are usually stated, which is generally true of Mother Jones articles, but the advocacy journalism sometimes hides other biases. For example, Burlingham says some people view the utility rates drive in Arkansas as "one step toward public ownership and control of the power industry." In the very next line, the writer interrupts his narrative--the first-person traumatic journalist angle is a constant problem with the magazine--to say, "(I do not mean to suggest, however, that their real purpose in promoting lifeline...
...move like the shadows of leaves. Caro's efforts to capture the nature of water produce some of his most interesting work: "the Deluge" transfixes waves and spray, and "Cool Deck" slides and shimmers, a silvery stream. "Early One Morning" the most intriguing piece in the show, is a step farther from nature, but still shows the artist's fascination with a growing creation...
...Gould's creations is the "three-step rule." He explains that if after three interrupted rises the market does not go up and stay up, it is due for a drop. Reason: in Gould's view, human nature can rarely stand more than three tries at anything. If, for instance, a salesman rings three doorbells and fails to make a sale, he is likely to skip the fourth and take in a movie...
...first step...
Toward achieving an inner calm But it is the first step only...