Word: thingness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...much more compelling reason for creativity in biography stems from the problem of entertaining the reader. If the reader wants to relive the life of John Glenn, why not let the reader relive an embellished life of Reagan, in a sense more complete and enticing than the real thing. Does it really matter what Balthus was really like? At least we can relive the life of some character named Balthus. After all, there's a reason that non-fiction works are protected from having to compete with fiction on the bestseller lists. People read fiction...
...candidates, with the exception of Bauer, were hesitant to regulate obscene or offensive content on the Internet. "The Internet is the greatest thing that has happened since the printing press and the industrial revolution," McCain said. All of the candidates said they would not support taxing the sale of goods over the Internet...
...thing we do know is that some people come here having spent so much time trying to get into a place that they don't know what comes next," Nathans says. "There are a whole lot of reasons why people get burned out. It's a catch all term for a lot of things. It's really such an individual thing and it requires many, many hours of talking [to solve...
...really want to understand the blues, the first thing you have to learn is that the music is not about suffering. Just listen to it. From the Delta to Chicago, the blues is the sort of thing you dance to: eight bar repetitions in four-four time with accents on the off-beats. It's the same basic structure you find in everything from square dance music to modern dance mixes. If you're not moving your feet, you're at least tapping your fingers. And you can't find a live blues recording without the sounds of people...
...That's the good thing, we really don't know. I mean, the last track we did was a completely live 12-piece thing in the studio, and it sounds like an old Stax record--it's called "One More Time"--and, well, that's the fun thing. We might start off with a noise, an acid noise, something like that, and do a four-to-the-floor beat on it, and then you go "no, it needs live drums," so you get live drums, and guitars, but still keep it acid music...