Word: comparison
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...signs that separate the standing from the sitting (so that the seated "patricians" are able to see without over-zealous standers-by encroaching on their line-of-sight). Or perhaps it is only when the guitarist Bill Frisell is playing that this cozy Davis Square establishment deserves such a comparison--the manager assures me that the place is usually not as crowded...
...perhaps Morris' most compelling device is the comparison he draws between celestial stars and Reagan. He describes how in cosmology, as in psychology, the freak convergence of forces creates a centralized whirl. Momentum enters a field of expansion--nuclear particles seek release, and a man longs to embrace something larger than himself. Morris' keenest insights into Reagan come in such poetic metaphors, and as such, the book has disappointed and awed different audiences. Those looking for a hard-core political history of the Reagan years would be advised to look elsewhere, as Morris' aim has always, and without pretense, been...
Davis' staff members develop tics when you suggest their boss is Clinton, the triangulator, but without the action pants. They'd rather throw Tony Blair's name on the table for the way Blair moved England's Labour Party to the center. Even the Wall Street Journal made that comparison last month, holding its nose and flattering the Democratic Governor in the reluctant, quivering tone one might use to proclaim that proctological exams, while unpleasant, can be a good thing...
...just over a year ago, Amazon shelled out $180 million for a price-comparison site called junglee.com They tinkered around with its virtual database technology until relaunching it last week as the more prosaically named All Product Search. Wall Street was buying, sending Amazon's stock...
Children of prior generations didn't get to go to formal events for their parents, other than funerals. So, by comparison, I guess I'm lucky. And I've developed key coping mechanisms, like buying presents that can't be kept in their home to remind me of my complicity in the union. Things like theater tickets or a gift certificate to a restaurant fit into this category. My mom's suggestion, that we chip in for a Jacuzzi...