Word: thingness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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William R. Fitzsimmons: The average household doesn’t have to conduct cutting edge research in labs that cost millions of dollars to run…[for one thing]… there are lots of reasons, that’s one [question] we will take some time to answer...
...know that scene in Matilda where Miss Trunchbull forces the poor fat boy to ingest an entire chocolate cake in front of his aghast peers? It's the most awful thing to watch, but for some reason, you can't seem to rip your eyes away, investing yourself in the horror of the scene until you seem to feel the goop greasing the sides of your own esophagus...
...nice thing is that Andre has taken [Rogers] under his wing,” Clark says. “No matter how talented you are coming in, at every level you move to there’s still a lot of things to learn...Andre realizes how important Brian is to the team and even for that matter to his own success...
Professor Michael J. Sandel—who teaches the popular Moral Reasoning course on the subject—explained his philosophy about justice as argued in his new book, “Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?” at a packed panel discussion with three political experts at the Institute of Politics Forum last night. Sandel explained the three basic schools of thought behind justice, succinctly represented by the words “Utility”—seeking the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people; “Consent?...
...strange thing started happening about seven or eight years ago: the other side stopped showing up. Although PETA is always happy to discuss and debate animal rights issues, the animal exploiters are no longer willing to. I believe this newfound timidity may have something to do with the fact that their positions are so transparently indefensible and that the public can see right through them...