Word: verbalizing
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...unusual ideas. A series of pictures with blacked-out figures calls memory’s role in photography into question, while short interviews with Dutch citizens about their favorite images probe the human penchant for collecting what others find meaningless. Throughout the film, visuals frequently take the place of verbal explanations. Tan periodically interrupts her documentary work with a panning shot of a man holding a mirror. As he walks, the mirror reflects the landscape around him, evoking what Tan refers to as “the silent world” of pictures. But among all assortments of existing images...
...ability to "quietly" endure her father's views; some of us cannot reach that level of mature acquiescence. We give in to our political passion, albeit childishly. I waited until my McCain-lovin' parents left town, then put Obama signs all over their front lawn. True, there was a verbal barrage when my father returned, stunned by the signs of Obama love. But for this 40-year-old liberal, it was well worth it. Jennifer Loman, CHICO, CALIF...
...ability to "quietly" endure her father's views; some of us cannot reach that level of mature acquiescence. We give in to our political passion, albeit childishly. I waited until my McCain-lovin' parents left town, then put Obama signs all over their front lawn. True, there was a verbal barrage when my father returned, stunned by the signs of Obama love. But for this 40-year-old liberal, it was well worth it. Jennifer Loman, CHICO, CALIF...
...ability. According to the study, Joni Mitchell listeners are actually more likely to be wimpy liberals (music that was reflective and complex correlated positively with political liberalism and negatively with athleticism), while Shania Twain listeners are usually redneck conservatives (upbeat and conventional music correlated negatively with both liberalism and verbal ability). We might still have to talk to each other to find out all of this information if not for the iPod. It’s like a dream: All the music you own (or, if you have the iPod Touch with wireless Internet, all the music you could ever...
...months, there is a lot of physical aggression among kids," Boivin notes, but most children manage to adjust socially and eventually develop the verbal skills needed to negotiate peacefully within a group. "Aggression becomes less and less of a normative way to get things done," he says. But children on the high-risk path appear unable to develop those social skills; their aggression ends up turning on them. "As children get older, in grade school, they slowly shift their aggression and tend to withdraw into shyness," Boivin said...