Category Archives: Quotations

Things people said.

“Electronic Munt”?

Posted on February 9, 2019 by JMN

http://www.youtube.com/watch Sleaford Mods have described their work as “electronic munt minimalist punk-hop rants for the working class.”[1] Williamson is responsible for the words, Fearn for the music. Sleaford Mods songs have been described as embittered rants about such topics as … Continue reading →

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Widely Accepted Attribution Standard

Posted on February 9, 2019 by JMN

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/feb/07/jill-abramson-plagiarism-accusation-merchants-of-truth Abramson has defended herself by saying that her book includes extensive endnotes, including web links to sources. It is widely believed that an outside source should be credited in the body of the work if there is a close … Continue reading →

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Australian Bub Sledging

Posted on February 9, 2019 by JMN

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/feb/07/voting-in-cute-baby-competition-halted-after-parents-slam-hideous-rivals Public voting in an Australian clothing company’s baby pageant competition has been cancelled because of out-of-control parents sledging the appearances of other parents’ infants. (c) 2019 JMN.

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Candid Ambivalence About the Grammys

Posted on February 9, 2019 by JMN

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/08/brandi-carlile-grammys-country-gay-marriage-cancun Does she want to win? “Oh my God!” [Brandi Carlile] says, as though the thought actually hasn’t crossed her mind. “I don’t know if it’s about wanting to win. I fucking care so much about the nominations. I’m never … Continue reading →

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“All important problems are insoluble”

Posted on February 9, 2019 by JMN

nyti.ms/2UPbVSf [Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. in his 1949 book “The Vital Center”] himself acknowledged that the center could never occupy a fixed location, and that it would continue to adapt to new challenges; “all important problems are insoluble,” he wrote. … Continue reading →

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What’s an Antonym for “Draconian”?

Posted on February 8, 2019 by JMN

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/feb/08/jeff-bezos-blackmail-national-enquirer-trump But in the wake of the new revelations the Associated Press has reported that federal investigators are now looking at whether the recent revelations mean AMI [publisher of the National Enquirer] has violated that agreement. The agreement requires AMI … Continue reading →

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“A Squeamish and Skittering Ride”

Posted on February 5, 2019 by JMN

I’ve toiled in this business for nearly 20 years, and even in the best of times it has been a squeamish and skittering ride, the sort of career you’d counsel your kids to avoid in favor of something less volatile … Continue reading →

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Beatle Haircut Forgery?

Posted on February 5, 2019 by JMN

National Gallery’s 1450 portrait by Rogier van der Weyden was created in the 1960s by Eric Hebborn, says art historian. … Wright ridicules the haircut of the figure who is reading a text that is “gobbledegook” – “an impossibility for … Continue reading →

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Bauhaus

Posted on February 5, 2019 by JMN

For years, the roster of Bauhaus luminaries — such as Gropius, Mies, Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee — was seen as exclusively male; recently, the contributions (as well as marginalization) of its brilliant women designers — such as Gunta Stölzl … Continue reading →

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Jake Bugg

Posted on February 5, 2019 by JMN

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