Word: thingness
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...turn this around, it's exactly the same thing happening with the husband. Around 60% of all car purchases today are decided by the woman in the family. And when a neighbor asks the husband why he bought the car, he cannot say, "My wife loved the pink interior design in my car." That's basically saying, "I'm totally controlled by the woman at home." So what he's going to say is, "Did you know this window can close at 82 m.p.h.? It's the fastest-closing window in the world." And the neighbor will say, "That...
...must say I found your article "Undocumented and Undeterred" about immigration compelling [April 27]. It is true we are living in difficult times and on occasion this might trigger a hunt for scapegoats to blame for the economic crisis. But in the end, the only thing that will get us out of this mess is to pull together - legal and illegal, American and non-American. This is a global problem, and massive deportation will only make things worse. Where do you think these deported immigrants will find jobs? Maybe with the drug gangs south of the border? Or perhaps with...
...Long March Re your cover "Going Home" [April 27]: as a former illegal worker in the U.S., I found your article on immigration compelling. It is true we are living in difficult times, but we must avoid seeking scapegoats during the economic crisis. In the end the only thing that will get us out of this mess is to pull together legal and illegal, foreign worker and local. Where do you think these deported immigrants will find jobs back home? In Mexico, perhaps with the drug cartels south of the border. Or why not with outfits like the pirates...
There is, obviously, everything ironic about Glee: an upbeat chorus number set to Amy Winehouse's "Rehab" is the funniest thing I've seen on TV this year. But this raises the question of how good a match it really is for the Idol audience, who tend to like their glitter dreams earnest. Indeed, the jock-meets-music-geek pair-up is a straight lift from, and parody...
...Second Vatican Council in 1965. But he hasn't done so. Instead, says David Gibson, the (Catholic) author of The Rule of Benedict: Pope Benedict XVI and His Battle with the Modern World, "here's a Pope who grew up under the Nazis, who witnessed this whole thing, a man with such an acute and vivid sense of language and experiences--and yet for whom one of the great dramas of the 20th century is somehow invisible in what he communicates...