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Word: logicall (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2000
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As the novel progresses, its claims regarding the degeneration of society become increasingly ludicrous. For Houellebecq's narrator, it is only logical that a free-love commune should turn into a Satanic cult capable of appalling masochistic sexual rituals. As for his individual characters, there is of course no action...

Author: By Annalise Nelson, | Title: Ups and Downs in Houellebecq's Strange, Charmed Particle World | 12/15/2000 | See Source »

But in early childhood, when this belief was still relatively intact, I reached the point in mental development where the world becomes not a place of magic and miracles, but a rule governed game, like chess or checkers. This slow transformation of the way that children perceive the world comes...

Author: By B.j. Greenleaf, | Title: The Christmas Lie | 12/12/2000 | See Source »

Latin enthusiasts believe that if young students learn word roots, they will be able to decipher unfamiliar words. (By some estimates, 65% of all English words have Latin roots.) Latin is an almost purely phonetic language. There are no silent letters, and each letter represents a single sound. That makes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Case for Latin | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

Five years to get even? My sense is that many, if not most, individuals harbor hope that tech stocks, which dominate the NASDAQ, will spring back to life much sooner than that. With the NASDAQ down nearly 50%, it's logical to presume it has no place to go but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bubble Trouble | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

Well sold. But that key issue - unfairness to one party over the other - didn't stand up in court. "The mistake that was made on them was made by the Republican party," testified Peggy S. Robbins, the Martin County supervisor of elections, of the ballot forms (this was also true...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two Strikes Against Al Gore | 12/8/2000 | See Source »

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