For example, let’s presume an older work where the assumption is that women cannot be spaceship pilots because (insert biological fact that actually doesn’t justify excluding them). I can probably read that with a minimum amount of mental eye-rolling. I may be less able to do so with ...
Red Cross representatives looked them straight in the eye and said there’s nothing they can do. Red Cross weren’t there when Hersh, Eden, Carmel and other innocent people were starved and executed.
The office is in one of those older buildings with a tricky ventilation system. Sitting at her desk one day, Marion discovers she can hear every word of a therapy session taking place in the office of the psychiatrist who has his office next door. At first she blocks out the sound by p...
In English, the word “old” is used to describe something or someone that has been in existence for a long time, or that has reached a certain age. It is often used to refer to people who are past middle age, or to things that are no longer new or modern. Examples: The antique ...
a但是,听不懂每个单词不重要,把大概意思听出来就行了 But, cannot understand each word not to be unimportant, listened to the general meaning to be good[translate] aRed leather waisted belt with double buckle closure. Medium measures 92.5cm (36.5in) 100% Leather. Should not be washed. 红色皮革...
n.b. The word Orwellian has turned the author’s own name into a capacious synonym for everything he hated and feared. Author Anna BidoonismPosted on March 2, 2021Categories Literary criticism, Literary termsTags 1984, Book reviews, George Orwell, Literary analysis, Literature, Non-fiction, ...
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May (bio) When I walk into the intensive care ward, people are gathered in small clusters in different sections of the long, brightly-lit waiting room. Because my family has been here the longest, they have the best corner, with a recliner and a lamp. They have brought thin foam ...
My earliest recollection of any type of racism—evidence of an attitude of superiority of one race over another—in my extended family is the use among my many Italian American aunts and uncles of the Italian word for eggplant (moulinyan) to refer to African Americans. As a boy, I could...
Another Word: Reclaiming the Tie-In Novel byJames L. Sutter Our society has a weird relationship with logos. Put a popular brand name on a t-shirt, and you’ll find people happy to pay fifty dollars (or two hundred dollars for Gucci!) to be a walking billboard. But put the logo ...