Word: deadening
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Burnt Whole's set-up is a case of mistaken form-and-content parallel. The sterilization of mass memory is much more skilfully represented in specific pieces. The ICA's surgical ambiance serves only to deaden their effect. In the documentary, the art is more powerfully arranged on an exposed brick wall...
...Marx, however, reform is a completely unacceptable alternative to revolution. Reformers, he argues in The Communist Manifesto, "deaden the class struggle and reconcile the class antagonisms" by making the working class satisfied with the existing order...
...guile) are swathed in glamorous costumes and period decor. The congestion of old masters on a matron's wall suggests the confined space in which the story unfolds and the straitened notions to which Newland and Ellen must pay homage. The handsomely fussy design is meant to dazzle and deaden the viewer's senses -- as Newland is seduced by Ellen and suffocated...
...accordion lobby is as powerful as the National Rifle Association. That is no surprise, since both organizations favor unregulated possession of lethal instruments. At least it can be said for the N.R.A. that its members practice accuracy out of earshot, deep in the woods. They also wear earplugs to deaden the sound...
...damage the arteries or the nerves," says urologist Irwin Goldstein of Boston University School of Medicine, who recently chaired an international conference on impotence research. But the vast majority of impotent men -- most are above age 55 -- are victims of poor habits or illness. Alcoholism, for example, can deaden nerves. Cigarette smoking can reduce blood flow to the penis by constricting vessels and causing the corpora cavernosa to lose elasticity. Diabetes, atherosclerosis and high blood pressure (and the medications used to treat it) can all have damaging effects...