Word: contexts
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...says much of the course is devoted to trying to understand a culture in which the gods are presented visually, "since most of us--Christian, Jewish, or secular--grew up in a context in which the gods didn't have 5 heads and 10 arms." Eck adds that Hindu myths are "not abstract stories that you learn at your mother's knee, like Greek mythology, but are actually imprinted on the landscape...
...such as a single letter? Are we aware that we constantly discard gargantuan volumes of information without recognizing their worth? In The User Illusion, a didactic tome employing examples from physics to poker, Danish author Tor Norretranders addresses these questions and explores their relationship to human consciousness within the context of a booming Information...
Although they comprise a large minority of Republican voters nationwide, theological conservatives have traditionally been reluctant to speak out in the context of a Republican club...
...believe, however, that it is important to remember that marathons like the Bolder Boulder take place within the context of a biased American society. This means that marathons is not just about commending the best runners. Marathons are, more importantly, about encouraging community physical fitness, stimulating civic pride and enhancing the self-esteem of all contestants. These more important goals make it vital that all groups in society believe the race is conducted with great attention to fairness and equity...
...prison conversations like so much animal feed, and hordes of reporters hungrily grabbing them. Even uglier: The tale the tapes told about Chairman Dan Burton's earlier, partial transcripts. "I believe this will once and for all put the lie to any accusations of editing, doctoring or out-of-context quotation," the Indiana Congressman wrote of the release earlier Monday...