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...ethnic nationalism, asserting that people would realize they were linked by economic interests rather than birth or blood. Freud prophesized the end of religious fundamentalism, claiming that belief in a literal God would fall away with the understanding of psychology. And, finally, Einstein's theory of relativity overthrew the concept that time and space were fixed and unvarying, undermining the idea that there was such a thing as absolute truth and pure objectivity...
...made much of an impression in the U.S. Reading a book by both is like seeing Agassi and Sampras play doubles: it's nimble, apparently effortless, playful work. The adventures of said Bert, who has a wife and easily waked baby, aren't too perilous. In one chapter (a concept the book cleverly introduces to younger readers), he puts on a shirt, falls into a truck and is taken to Scotland. But Bert's doings are witty and sweet and endlessly rereadable...
Even Shira Kieval wrote that about the Christmas tree in Cabot dining hall that Harvard “might as well have put up a tree in her room.” But that would clearly be far more intrusive! Why does the concept of degrees go out the window in discussions like this...
...film the royal Tenenbaums, supporting character and decadent author Eli Cash (Owen Wilson) becomes a household name with the publication of his best-selling novel “Old Custer,” a fantastical piece of fiction that plays with the concept of Custer’s having actually survived Little Big Horn. Cash, or the “James Joyce of the West,” crests on his newfound celebrity to score drugs, female companionship and war paint...
...avoid any sort of oversight. The rule went into effect before it was published and the normal period of public comment was avoided by invoking a rarely-used exemption clause. By bypassing the other branches of government in promulgating this rule, Ashcroft also displayed an astonishing disregard for the concept of a separation of powers...