Word: subjectivity
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While mental trauma and war often go hand in hand, no one has ever quite approached the subject as Jakov Lind does in his novel, “Landscape in Concrete.” The surprisingly entrancing and fantastical story follows shellshocked ex-Nazi sergeant Gauthier Bachman as he tries to find a battalion after his own is decimated at Voroshenko. On his way, Bachmann meets an array of fairytale-like characters stuffed into military uniforms, and he embarks on a series of strange, allegorical adventures. He is, for the most part, unaware of his mental illness, but Lind?...
...magazine’s aims. Rankin says that first-hand accounts can take sexual assault “from the abstract to the personal,” rendering them both relatable and powerful. Narrative details offer those who feel alienated by statistics a different approach to the subject. “While some need numbers, others need a personal perspective; we’re providing that personal perspective,” Homaifar says, stressing that both types of information can be found in the magazine. Another editor, Alexandra N. Bolm ’09, adds, “The problem...
...enact legislation that created mandatory minimum sentences of 15 years to life for possession of four ounces of narcotics - about the same as a sentence for second-degree murder. The statutes became known as the Rockefeller Drug Laws - a milestone in America's war on drugs and the subject of one of the most abrasive legal tug-of-wars in the nation. The laws almost immediately led to an increase in drug convictions, but no measurable decrease in overall crime. Meanwhile, critics argued that they criminalized what was primarily a public health problem, incarcerated nonviolent felons who were better...
Another defense for Michelle Obama, of course, is that she is not a subject of the Queen. (Australians, despite referendums attempting to turn themselves into a republic, still recognize the Queen as their head of state.) The First Lady of the United States is not required to curtsey before her or any other crowned head. In any case, the touch lasted just a second or two, and the Queen did not seem particularly perturbed - though she appeared slightly surprised as she drew away. (See how Barack Obama is connected to the Queen via TIME's Person of the Year...
...supposed ability to cure certain diseases - most famously, scrofula, a terrible skin ailment that was called "the king's evil." Thus, the miraculous contact had to be conserved. And so, whether a touch or a nod or a gaze, royal favor, like that of God, is not a subject's on demand; it is dispensed by kingly prerogative. (See pictures from the 2006 celebration of the Queen's birthday...