Word: outgrowth
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Robards' braying and bluster are adroit but familiar. Plummer's fussiness and dither are a natural outgrowth of the feline, even feminine, nature of many of his heroes (and most of his villains). But his raddled face, Einstein coiffure and teetery walk are new and, surprisingly from this most mannered of actors, feel free of mannerism. The verbal cut and thrust between them is the finest now on Broadway -- elegantly bloodless and as ferocious as a slaughterhouse...
...centuries since, few Protestant theologians have addressed the subject. The modern exception is Billy Graham, whose 1975 book Angels: God's Secret Agents was a national best seller: 2.6 million copies. In a sense it was a natural outgrowth of his biblical scholarship; one cannot believe in a literal interpretation of Scripture and dismiss the role that angels play throughout it. Furthermore, for many theologians the belief fulfills the promise of a merciful God. In the face of war, hunger, AIDS, drugs, sorrow and fear, only a force more potent than any earthly power could provide peace. "These are desperate...
...ritual of naemul is an outgrowth of the Confucian grounding upon which Korean society is based. Just ask any Korean or Korean-American about the New Year's Day custom of parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts and other adults handing out envelopes of money to children, who respond with a long, ceremonious bow and a wish of good blessings. Because of this fundamental grounding, naemul in one form or another has penetrated almost every other aspect of Korean society...
While the study only reported a statistical correlation, Wishnow cited the relationship between fat and the level of hormones in the blood as an outgrowth of the study which might require further investigation...
...about intimate things too, but they at least come across as friends who might really confide in one another. Maybe because they are, in a sense, all variations on the same person. The series (created by Seinfeld with writer Larry David) is, like several other new-generation sitcoms, an outgrowth of stand-up comedy material. Episodes spin off the sort of trivial incidents and observations that Seinfeld dwells on in his monologues. (Jerry feels guilty over a gift pen; Jerry's girlfriend thinks he picks his nose...