Word: mannered
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...today’s world, this statement would seem insane, but in the universe of Kertész’s novel, it is just a matter of perspective.Only Kertész can take us through his characters’ tortuous thought-paths in such a manner: his characters grate against our hearts and reason, and yet, as much as we may wish to do so, we are unable to dismiss them as insane. Repeatedly denigrating himself as “the new boy” and just a “flat-foot,” Martens accepts...
...manner of death" was summed up at the end of the 12-page autopsy: "Accident." But when he died, Cassidy had the contents of a locked medicine cabinet coursing through his body, powerful narcotics and other drugs like citalopram, hydromorphine, morphine and oxycodone, as well as methadone. The drugs--both the levels that Cassidy took and "their combined, synergistic actions," in the medical examiner's words--killed...
...Harvard visiting professor of science and divinity last year. “But this article is an amazing example of the wrong way to relate science and religion.” According to Clayton, the study, published online on Jan. 23, combines religion with science in an unscientific manner. “There are sophisticated ways to link biological evolution with belief in God,” said Clayton. “But those arguments are philosophical or theological; they are not scientific arguments. The authors of this piece do both science and theology a disservice by shoe-horning...
...doll’s face he includes in the photograph affect the impression a viewer has of a particular spirit’s personality. Much of this information, while ostensibly suggesting the right idea about the spirit embodied within, is in some ways presented in a slightly manufactured manner. Ducharme, in focusing on those parts of the carvings that he finds most appealing, positions the dolls to reflect his feeling, a move that emphasizes the physical beauty of the dolls but fails to capture the spiritual significance that they hold. Though Ducharme undeniably captures—even magnifies?...
...press before full results became known from California. As a result, it said that Senator Hillary Clinton of New York had outperformed Senator Barack Obama of Illinois in yesterday's "Super Tuesday" contests. In fact, while Clinton won the major states of New York and California, the complex manner in which delegates are awarded means that the Clinton now has only a narrow lead in the total number of delegates. Additionally, Obama won 13 states yesterday, while Clinton won just nine...