Word: binding
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...great art. By attempting to simplify the state of contemporary art into two distinct camps, the Carpenter Center’s show “Some Options in Abstraction” and its currently-showing sister “Some Options in Realism” are in a double bind. Such categorization of art—while perhaps useful and necessary for its understanding—runs the risk of destroying a work’s subtlety and mystery. The compelling works that make up the show are strong on their own, but they often seem limited by the blanket...
Megawati Sukarnoputri is in a bind. She promised George W. Bush her country's full support in the war on terrorism; on her visit to Washington on Sept. 19, she said, "Indonesia is always against violence. Terrorism is an act of violence so we will definitely fight terrorism." But back home, the fear of a backlash from Indonesian Islamic groups has her government whipsawing in its treatment of terror suspects. Megawati's dilemma may explain why, despite the testimony of its own intelligence, the government couldn't even bring itself to admit the existence of an al-Qaeda terrorist camp...
...Kavakci said Muslims now have the opportunity teach others about the “common values that bind us to humanity...
...spend their time talking about sports or politics. With their honesty and warmth, Jamesie and Mary become something of role models for the younger couple, who quietly rejected upward mobility in London for a simpler life in Ireland. Both couples made a deliberate decision to bind themselves to the village, to its people and especially to the land...
Bolker: I think when writing is a habit, you don’t end up in that 11th-hour reading period bind. Bill Perry, who was the head of the Bureau of Study Counsel, described writing by saying, “First you make a mess and then you clean it up.” Just as you don’t drive your car with the emergency brake on, you don’t mix the creative and the critical parts of writing. First you throw everything at the page and then go back and look with a steely...