Word: tellingly
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...short, we are generally O.K. in spite of notable low spots and areas of significant concern. Our movies are mostly silly. Our books? Mostly small. The quality of our cultural criticism is generally so low that one cannot tell how good or bad any artist is, but in literature, at least, it is highly unlikely that any writer touted as a heavyweight in our era will make it to the ring in yours. Movies that once were judged by normal artistic criteria are now valued by the amount of money they make over a weekend. For your horrified amusement...
...waters are all common topics of concern. Dozens of first-rate organizations are at work on conservation, and political candidates have adopted the issue, both because it's safe and because they mean it. The trouble is that this effort may be too little, too late. You tell...
...wrong. The first site that I tried, cyberrentals.com grouped rentals by region but had no map to tell me where such romantic-sounding places as Seal Cove or Owl's Head were. So I had to log on to mapblast.com to locate each one, then return to slogging through listings. My computer was choking under the strain. Another site, vacationspot.com let me zero in on cabins and cottages. I got 50 matches right off, but most of the rentals turned out to be closed for the winter--something I learned only after reading a lot of fine print. I tried...
...Please, could you tell me which female has appeared on the cover more times than any other...
...TELL THE TRUTH Sociable kids are often good liars. That's the conclusion of a study in the Journal of Nonverbal Behavior that tested youngsters' ability to hide their true opinion of a grape drink from a questioner. Socially skilled adolescents proved to be better at deception than those with lower social competence. They were better able to control their nonverbal clues, like facial expressions and mannerisms, when untruthful. The study suggests deception may be a component of social adeptness. If so, parents may want to stress to kids the difference between a white lie and a real...