Word: consistencies
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Lily Bart (Anderson) has a knack for audacity. "My genius," she says, "seems to consist in doing the wrong thing at the right time." Men want to leave their fortunes to her, or their wives for her. But in old, moneyed Manhattan, sensation was more narrowly defined, more severely censured. Lily's charm is punishable by exile...
...report is far from perfect. Even though the tests were standardized, they consist basically of what investigators call "self-reports," which are more susceptible to social pressure than, say, viral-antibody counts. It's also easier to talk about being "stressed out" in today's pop-psychology culture than it was when Dwight Eisenhower was President. Yet Twenge's conclusions echo the concerns of many parents, teachers and pediatricians. "I think children are more anxious," says Dr. Thomas McInerny, professor of pediatrics at the University of Rochester. "Clinicians, pediatricians, psychologists--we're all seeing more...
...different pedal setups even more fun than building Estes rockets, and I find myself wondering if my lifelong disaffinity with even the simplest math separates me from my fellow travelers. Like all cults, pedal steel has its own subgenus, and in the field this particular cladistic branch appears to consist mostly of middle-aged working-class white men in warmup jackets and Nikes. A few conventiongoers are accompanied by wives or girlfriends, but there are no virtually no females participating in the event, and I hear of only one woman in attendance who actually plays the instrument...
...Perhaps, although things may be brought to a head soon. Arafat had vowed to declare a state between November 15 and the end of the year. Palestinians don't really care much about the date, but are more concerned about what that state will consist of. Arafat may put off his decision, but if he goes ahead and declares it unilaterally, the Israelis will probably cut his state off at the knees...
...photographs consist of artificially composed interiors and landscapes. Pursuing beauty, in Twice Born terms, involves an incredible attention to arrangement and an absence (premeditated?) of the human form. The paintings seem prompted by an experimental fascination with shape, line, material and color. There is a prevailing sense of aggression and rigor in the creation of the "beautiful...