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Dramatic arrangements for doing this are famous--the head-flattening, the neck-lengthening, the tooth-filing, the lip-stretching--all the irreversible ways of completing the human body that were called "barbaric" by restless people bent on scientific understanding, political and intellectual enlightenment, or plain old empire, holy and profane.
The distressing thing for intellectuals of a Marxian bent is the failure of Marx's scenario for the collapse of capitalism (as presented in Volume I of Capital ) to come true.
Dylan's bluesy album wins accolades for introspective lyrics about mortality and is judged his best work in decades, "attesting to the creative renaissance of an artist still bent on defying expectations and spurning trends" (Edna Gundersen, USA Today ). The Rolling Stones' new songs are called "uninspired retreads" (Richard Cromelin, the Los Angeles Times ), and their much-hyped world tour--which uses giant nude inflatable dolls as set pieces--is pronounced "tasteless" (the Independent ). (See the Stones' tour site.)
hill, porters take short steps on the balls of their feet with their knees bent. Do the same and you’ll avoid the common c
Serious peace negotiations are expected to spark anti-Jewish terrorism by Palestinian extremists bent on sabotaging a half-a-loaf agreement.