Word: reading
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...light of its cultural-iconic status, the Fairey campaign has been read by some as a manifestation of media guru Marshall McLuhan's notorious judgment that "[a]dvertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century"--that art, in other words, is neither political nor representational so much as transactional and economic...
...however, weren't Mary's thing; at one point, she bought 400 pairs of gloves in three months. Donald's history of Mary Lincoln's growing insanity during the White House years is stronger than his history of Lincoln himself, but then again, it's always more fun to read about someone going insane than someone slaving over letters and military decisions...
...perfect cure to a guilt-laden Harvard kid who crammed for the Civil War final, subsequently forgot everything, and feels guilty about it. Real historians have every right to be disappointed in the work's brevity, but it's a godsend for anyone who wants a short read and craves history that flows more like gossip. And regardless of past History B pain, the book is a short enough read to justify it as an investment in the impress-people-at-dinner store of knowledge...
...bother to punch a hole with any precision, don't really deserve to be counted. Their notion is, You've got to earn that franchise by at least following instructions. The Democrats response is, the thought should be the father to the deed and if we have to read voters's minds, so be it. That's what Democrats mean by "the intent of the people...
...might think this is reasonable--Harvard has many rare books, you might say, and could lose money. Worse, the books I want to read could disappear if they weren't careful, warn the librarians...