Word: abstracted
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Last week disparate pieces fell together, locked in place, and, suddenly, abstract controversies were framed in a comprehensible melodrama: a mother's search for justice, a city's battle against crime, the skin colors of power and powerlessness, the politics of outrage, the ambitions of a First Lady and a mayor--as well as the men who would be President. With the numbing beat of 24 not-guilty verdicts, racial profiling, police brutality, the rights of minorities and the promises of the Constitution were funneled into a compelling narrative. A different but equally riveting tale is unfolding in Los Angeles...
...Originally, I had wanted to do an abstract film that was about...the composition of a person," said Tilby, who co-directed the film with Amanda Forbis. "Everything that happens to you, your history or your memories, are as much a definition of who you are as your bones or your cells or your nerves...
...Hampshire stumping for Gore. "I was going to just stand onstage and look hard core." Effective, if 14-year-old girls were allowed to vote. He's particularly concerned with global warming and extinct species. He's commissioned Eric White to paint a 3-ft. by 6-ft. abstract piece depicting extinct animals. "I'm sure this is not going to be in the article, but the Tasmanian tiger was the largest carnivorous marsupial in Australia..." He senses that he is losing steam. "All right, let's go to Ralphs, dawg...
...drop deadline, you find that your co-taught class, despite the high-powered professors and catchy title, isn't living up to your expectations, if you find that the professors are talking more to each other than to the audience, and that the lecture resembles one of those endless abstract discussions you have with your roommates late at night, you may want to reconsider. After all, those discussions are always more fun when you get to participate. Professors should become stars for their teaching ability, not for their publications or pontifications. Make sure you get your money's worth...
...other two QR classes, QR 22: "Deductive Logic" and QR 28: "The Magic of Numbers," focus on understanding abstract mathematical principals rather than applications...