Word: tracee
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...somewhere between the literary anthropology of Robert Graves’ classic The White Goddess and the mythology-blender of Joseph Campbell’s Hero with a Thousand Faces. The Calasso of Literature and the Gods is a little closer to Goddess than Hero, as he attempts to trace through all of Western literature, from Homer to Nabokov, a phenomenon that he defines called “absolute literature.” Absolute literature is literature inspired by some sort of force of divinity; or at least that’s my best guess. Calasso never seems to feel obligated...
...patient visiting Barlow's Boston clinic is first assessed for the presence of a specific phobia and then guided through an intensive day or two of graduated exposure. People who are afraid of syringes and blood, for example, may first be shown a magazine photo with a trace of blood depicted in it. Innocuous photos give way to graphic ones, and graphic ones to a display of a real, empty syringe. Over time, the syringe is brought closer, and the patient learns to hold it and even tolerate having blood drawn...
...know? Thanks to Web-tracking software that can trace your every click, Web-trend watchers are fully aware of your foibles. Scan research firm Media Metrix's list of sites people spend the most time on each month--known as "sticky" sites--and you'll discover that 7 of the top 10 destinations are for online games, such as sweepstakes, bingo and chess. There's pogo.com a hub for virtual card and other games; simslots.com a site where slot-machine junkies can win up to $5,000 each month; and bingo.com the decidedly old-wave site that hooks people...
With the benefit of hindsight, another radiologist--say, one hired by a patient's lawyer--might very well be able to pick out the trace of an incipient malignancy on a mammogram that was previously marked clean. But that's hardly a fair test, say most practitioners. "You can't expect people to go into a field knowing they could be pulled into court for 10% of the cancer patients that they see," says Dr. David Dershaw, director of breast imaging at Memorial Sloan-Kettering in New York City. Indeed, the number of applicants for Sloan-Kettering's five training...
...also seeking to find his Jewish roots in a Hasidic community, Sharon's personal growth is evident. She has finally forged her own identity so that she is ready to have a relationship of equals with Mikhael. Sharon is a musical perfomer, and Goodman uses music to trace Sharon's development throughout the novel. With her previous boyfriends, Sharon wrestled for the spotlight. When she forms a band with Mikhael, we realize that she has finally learned to "sing" with someone else. And unlike her spiritual journey, Sharon's route to love with Mikhael is truly moving. Paradise Park...