Word: topicalism
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...have and share it with the people I love. I think Shira would have approved. She had a unique way of making people feel important and loved when she interacted with them. You never doubted that you had her full attention during a conversation, no matter how ordinary the topic...
...Losing the Revolution: A discussion on the loss of seditious potential when avant-garde art and rock music stopped sleeping in the same bed.” Although the discussion itself quickly degenerated into anti-war proselytizing and reminiscence about the good old days of 1968, the topic of discussion broaches an important question in the context of pop culture...
...Sugar Peas.” All of Schlink’s stories are effective in their portrayal of a specific kind of love; his goal is to show the depths and complexity of love, and how it motivates us beyond rational action. These two stories in particular approach the topic with a bubbling uniqueness. Instead of the more straightforward and realistic parables on the foibles of love, these stories have a quirky sensibility that makes them drastically more entertaining, but at the same time more meaningful...
...apartment rooms, which are cleverly themed to characters on “Sex in the City.” Levey hopes this will lead to a study on the relationship between fashion and national identity in England. “It’s a seemingly mundane topic that has incredible ramifications on culture,” Levey says. “I’d love to study the fashion world and the process of creating fashion, and hopefully score some free clothes on the side...
Ever since Knowles announced to the Faculty the possibility of adding beds, the topic has been a source of controversy in the House, with some students writing letters to administrators protesting the proposed change...