Word: embeddedness
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To reduce the danger of ambushes, the Rhodesians burn the tinder-dry brush, but heavy rains have fallen lately, and the foliage is defying their efforts. Between burnt-out patches, we caught occasional glimpses of soldiers in full battle gear breasting through deep elephant grass, rifles at the ready. Small...
It is a psychological fact, that unfortunately all of us grow up so completely embedded in the prevailing paradigm of reality that we internalize it to the point where it seems the only possible and natural one. (Indeed, isn't that what it means to enter the fellowship of educated...
The long, sometimes treacherous 19th century Westward trek of covered wagons is deeply embedded in American legend, folklore and sense of national identity. Thousands of pioneers, for example, braved the perilous Oregon Trail. Now, to salute the Western settlers, Americans representing all 50 states are replaying history in reverse by...
The women's luck went from bad to worse at that point. While driving back from a banquet on Friday night, coach Tolnai, Linsley, and the men's manager, "Rocky," made a wrong turn and found themselves embedded in a snowdrift and stuck in the car. After extracting themselves, they...
First, American conservatism of the type both of us are talking about--that which postulates an organic, collective and hierarchical vision of society with a network of rights and responsibilities appropriate to each social group--is not a "deeply embedded tradition in this country." On the contrary, Bell's list...