Word: straitjacketing
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Handcuffs, lipstick, lingerie, a straitjacket, a martini glass, and a naked woman have conspicuously snuck onto the cover of a science book. Something is afoot.Looking at the fluorescent assortment of seemingly random images on the jacket of Harvard psycholinguist Steven Pinker’s “The Stuff of Thought,” one gets a sense of what to expect from this charming and provocative investigation into language.For its author, language is a reflection of our conception of the world—and, consequently, human nature.Fittingly, Pinker uses cultural references, sexy verbs, and toilet allusions to describe...
...some ways symbolic of the resurgent German economy. For more than a decade, exorbitant labor costs, unbending union rules and an addiction to red tape--not to mention the high price of unification with East Germany--put Germany into an economic straitjacket. BMW went through its own rough patch in the 1990s after the disastrous acquisition of Britain's Rover Group, but its fortunes have changed markedly since it ditched Rover in 2000. Production has increased steadily, and profits are buoyant. Pretax earnings last year rose 25%, to $5.5 billion, despite the soaring cost of raw materials and the strong...
Writing from his Blackberry in India, Summers said that because of Athey’s work, “economists can study individuals and businesses with fewer straitjacket assumptions and so get a better understanding of their behavior...
...GREW UP IN LONDON. WHY DID YOU START RESTAURANTS IN NEW YORK CITY? I find England stifling. I wish I could enjoy it, but I can't. When there, I feel I'm in a straitjacket. It's probably to do with the class system...
...their services are needed and they are willing to provide them.The new system’s success also depends largely on the availability of a broad array of departmental alternatives to its foundational courses. Unless there is considerable latitude in selecting classes, the new system will be a straitjacket for students—just like the Core. Yet the current legislation implementing the proposal does not ensure such choice. It will be up to the new dean to lead the way in policing the system so that exemptions and departmental alternatives are the rule and not the exception.Beyond...