Word: decayed
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...novel which contributes to its generally unbearable nature. Houellebecq simply refuses to let his characters be real human beings. They can exist only as generational archetypes or the embodiments of philosophical speculations. "Was it possible to think of Bruno as an individual?" muses Houellebecq's narrator. "The decay of his organs was particular to him, and he would suffer his decline and death as an individual. On the other hand, his hedonistic worldview and the forces that shaped his consciousness and desires were common to an entire generation." While it is of course legitimate to view a character in relation...
This contracting population serves as further evidence of Yale's descent into a medieval state. Evidence of the school's sad decay is ubiquitous: Yale's Gothic spires mark centuries of cultural decline; its students venerate the relics of Handsome Dan, the bulldog mascot whose decaying corpse is still on display in Yale's Peabody Museum; its cults adopt the archaic nomenclature of Spizzwinks, Wiffenpoofs and the Skull and Bones. (W., leave the room...
...opportunity to put America's future back in the hands of Americans. To have a federal government that trusts the people it's working for, to have an administration that brings that government together to finally fix Social Security, to rebuild our nation's schools after years of creeping decay, to make health care affordable and efficient for all Americans...
...footfalls of the museum's 120,000 annual visitors are not solely to blame. The glass creations also contain paint, glue and wire--materials that decay over time...
This result was surprising, according to Ruvkun, because when worms get old they start to show decay all across their body, just as people...