August 07, 2005
valence
The news media have also become more sensational, more prone to
scandal and possibly less accurate. But note the tension between sensationalism and polarization: the trial of Michael Jackson
got tremendous coverage, displacing a lot of political coverage,
but it had no political valence.
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Posted by omor at 11:18 AM | Comments (0)
August 05, 2005
rancor
"If you are an old fan and it doesn't fit what you need, don't buy the
disc." she said with firmness, but no rancor.
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August 01, 2005
adroit
Most pro-life voters aren't looking for 'evolving' views among
candidates. They're hungry for principled positions based on immovable
morals - something that doesn't come from a veto and an op-ed.
-- Carrie Gordon Earll, senior policy analyst for bioethics
for Focus on the Family.
Supporters say Mr. Romney is simply being adroit.
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July 02, 2005
V&V: Verification, Validation
Verification: testing against specifications.
Validation: testing against operating goals.
If You Didn't Test It, It Doesn't Work.
Computer, 2002 May, p12
Bob Colwell
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May 05, 2005
Man Date
Dinner with a friend has not always been so fraught. Before women
were considered men's equals, some gender historians say, men routinely
confided in and sought advice from one another in ways they did not
do with women, even their wives. Then, these scholars say, two
things changed during the last century: an increased public awareness
of homosexuality created a stigma around male intimacy, and at the
same time women began encroaching on traditionally male spheres,
causing men to become more defensive about notions of masculinity.
-- 8.
And so, man date joins the lexicon.
[NYT]
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January 18, 2005
metastasize
That he and Mr. Begala would be allowed to lob softballs at a man who
may have been a cog in illegal government wrongdoing, on a show produced
by television's self-proclaimed "most trusted" news network, is bad
enough. That almost no one would notice, let alone protest, is a
snapshot of our cultural moment, in which hidden agendas in the
presentation of "news" metastasize daily into a Kafkaesque hall of
mirrors that could drive even the most earnest American into abject
cynicism. But the ugly bigger picture reaches well beyond "Crossfire"
and CNN.
[NYT]
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