… of history and identity. They wanted to absorb the lessons of Chinese culture that Nan had internalized, they hoped to bend them into tools they could use to shape a Chinese future. Might the old habits of the country, with their ancient roots, have something to offer a nation n...
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… traumatic experience. Mature adults are supposed to be resilient in the face of difficult challenges, but a person can bend only so far. That's why one sees an outraged Resistance, moving from "He's not my President" to "Is this even my country?" If as we often hear, America i...
…computers may amplify and extend our minds. We may not fully understand or control our destiny, but we have a chance to bend it in the direction of our values. The future is not something that will happen to us; it is something that we will build. Why Wiener Saw What Others Miss...
…al process that used +t instead of —ed; they are members of a pack of irregulars that survived by virtue of similarity (bend/bent, build/built, burn/burnt, learn/learnt, lend/lent, rend/rent, send/sent, smell/smelt, spell/spelt, spill/spilt, and spoil/spoilt). Verbs have been def...
…on here for a moment or two, because once the powers that be get their paws on this, Bubba, The Pervert info, they will bend over backward to make it disappear from view. By the time 2016 rolls around, Hillary and the co-president (Bubba) will be scrubbed squeaky clean and she’l...
you have a situation where politicians and appointed officials will bend over backwards to support the special relationship (or just remain silent)
…friends including former President Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew and Israeli defence minister Ehud Barak, can effectively bend the law to his whim. The 53-year-old police chief, who retired in 2009, was so furious at what he believed was obstruction by state prosecutors, who he fel...
…on here for a moment or two, because once the powers that be get their paws on this, Bubba, The Pervert info, they will bend over backward to make it disappear from view. By the time 2016 rolls around, Hillary and the co-president (Bubba) will be scrubbed squeaky clean and she'll...
… it in the four-page comic that Richard Guindon and I did together. EP: Both the LBJ piece and Rosemerica comic clearly bend into surrealism. The response of readers, delighted and infuri- ated, had to be one of the best moments of yout life. PK: Many many people believed [the LB...