Word: utilitarian
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...roommates and I continued walking, trying to ignore the sophisticated, learned intellectuals, obviously returning from an evening of fruitful academic discourse regarding the relative merits of utilitarian versus Kantian ethics. Still, the scholar-athlete continued shouting: “You little bitch! I’m gonna kick your ass, you little bitch...
...among their more sybaritic legacies are the hammams (bathhouses) found in the city of Granada. They were originally inspired by Roman baths?but the Moorish versions took opulence to new heights, featuring stuccoed alcoves, lavish geometric mosaics and horseshoe arches. The functions of the hammams weren't strictly utilitarian either: they were used by both sexes as places to drink tea and socialize as well as maintain personal hygiene. For cloistered Muslim women, a morning at the hammam was a welcome chance to groom, gossip, and spot potential brides for their sons...
...among their more sybaritic legacies are the hammams (bathhouses) found in the city of Granada. They were originally inspired by Roman baths, but the Moorish versions took opulence to new heights - featuring stuccoed alcoves, lavish geometric mosaics and horseshoe arches. The functions of the hammams weren't strictly utilitarian either: they were used by both sexes as places to drink tea and socialize as well as to maintain personal hygiene. For cloistered Muslim women, a morning at the hammam was a welcome chance to groom, gossip and spot potential brides for their sons. Today, visitors to Granada's two surviving...
...laws and lore, and it's for us to learn and practice what they teach. For a hell-raising species like ours, however--with too much intelligence for our own good and too little discipline to know what to do with it--there have always been other, more utilitarian reasons to get religion. Chief among them is survival. Across the eons, the structure that religion provides our lives helps preserve both mind and body. But that, in turn, has raised a provocative question, one that's increasingly debated in the worlds of science and religion: Which came first...
What is trans-toying? It's an industry term for taking everyday utilitarian objects and turning them into toys. It's turning a shampoo container into a toy by putting a character on top or on a toothbrush. It's turning a Band-Aid into a tattoo, a food into...