Word: thinning
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...They say, however, there's a thin line between hating someone and wanting to be someone. Sure enough, the panel on political journalism is an uncomfortable mix of criticism and instruction. On the one hand, political reporters were excoriated for their kowtowing, wishy-washy coverage, and blasted for letting their preconceived notions dictate the "master narrative." On the other hand, the four bloggers on the panel - the fifth was Matt Bai, who writes about politics for the New York Times Magazine - talk about blogging in a way that implies that they're re-inventing the journalistic wheel. "To have good...
...think it can. Consider the cases of Giada De Laurentiis and Suzanne Goin, top chefs who, despite the hot rewards that surround them every day, manage to remain vanishingly thin. I wondered if, by examining how they do it, I might learn to deploy what psychologists call "effortful control" when passing the vending machine...
...stories. But this weightless film needs to have found some equivalent to them , and there were times in A Prairie Home Companion when I wanted the old Altman to assert himself, to let some mumbling and zooming happen, if only to obscure the paucity (and desperation) of Keillor's thin and casual plotting, to make poignantly manifest some of the sadness and confusion of people trying to do a live radio show while knowing that it is to be the last in a series that has been, for years, the ruling habit of their lives...
...QUESTION MARK’The state-of-the-art scientific facilities in Allston will be expensive, and some say they are wary that the University—already engaged in numerous construction projects in Cambridge—will stretch its resources too thin once it begins construction.A major capital campaign originally set to launch in 2006 was delayed last spring and is unlikely to begin before a new president is chosen, an acknowledgment that major donors will be reluctant to commit resources without knowing who will be at the helm.“It is traditional to have conducted...
...villains, liars and scoundrels. It is not simply a matter of acknowledging that there are two opinions about each question—one right and one wrong—but recognizing that there can be two sets of facts for each issue, both true. As LeRoy vanishes into thin air, he reveals our ever-ephemeral grasp on truth and reality. Our world depends on a haphazard balance between manipulated images, unfiltered images, and direct experience. And upon this arbitrary and artificial backdrop—a reality far from terra firma—we play out our personal simulations. It?...