Word: myth
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...think President Obama's rhetoric, and his emphasis on empathy in difficult times, might trickle down to engender the sort of kindness you stress in the book? Hard times don't necessarily make people nicer to each other. I think that's a myth. When people feel really anxious and fearful for themselves and their families, that doesn't necessarily foster kindly feelings. It can create a really bunkerist mentality. I think that there are many wonderfully encouraging things going on right now, and certainly Obama's presidency is right up there. But I think people need to feel confident...
...Harvard is like four years that will require the rest of my life to make sense of. It is the people and the stories, as well as the myth and the name. It is the realization that, just like Harvard is more than the sum of her students, what defines each of us is not just our individual selves, but also how we connect to the past and pass the better parts onto the future...
...Commonwealth, and build a sovereign fund that could one day go toward purchasing new territory for the country's climate refugees in far bigger nations like India or Australia. "At the end of the day, we are talking about needing dry land," says Nasheed bluntly. "It is a myth to assume that humanity has always been stationed in the same place...
...journey worthwhile.Phillips has a tendency to refer to classical images and figures, which would be maddening if not for the notes section in the back. This handy reference provides a context for these numerous mentions of otherwise inscrutable symbols. For example, Topaz—a minor figure in ancient myth who was slain by Apollo—is the title and subject of a poem.The majority of Phillips’ images tend to draw parallels between human nature and the natural world. Comparisons between natural events and human actions pervade the collection, as in “The Damned...
...Eurydice to the underworld, where the loudspeaker that greets him turns out to be very funny: “Welcome to Hell! Where the local time is . . . irrelevant.” Tied to nothing but Videt’s own imagination, Feynman’s performance of the Orpheus myth doesn’t work so well—it’s the one time the word “pretentious” skidded across my brain...