Word: mereness
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...believe, is the alpha and omega of existence; it is through the text--be it a bible, a play, a legal code, even a film--that we mediate our lives. Words and language creates our "subjectivity," not the other way around. So to these fashionable theorists, gender is a mere social construct; no mushy meshing of sex membranes influences sex roles...
...would be simple to attribute the national outpouring of grief at DiMaggio's death to mere nostalgia--for the player, for his age. Yet there is more to Joltin' Joe than that...
...recent woeful results stand a couple of basic premises on their ear: namely, that high dividend yields (around 7.5%) make REITs an anchor in choppy markets; and that the mere existence of dozens of publicly traded real estate companies will somehow smooth the industry's masochistic boom-bust cycle--making REITs less volatile. Wrong...
...with departmental deadlines only weeks away, the worst question you can ask a senior is, "How's the thesis?" Typical responses include a string of expletives, a painful groan or just deadly silence. But as March 5 approaches, it is juniors, not seniors, who are becoming nauseous at the mere mention of the t-word...
Perhaps we as individuals feel that we are mere drops in the ocean to the administration, and that stops us from taking the first step towards action; but imagine, for a moment, how it would feel to be a survivor of rape, and to be treated the way these two students were...