Obtaining value and creating value are only synonymous in idealized economies, not real ones. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Congress Is Very Important] Reference
The point of chaos theory is that deterministic predictions are not possible even in idealized situations. close window. From Wordnik.com. [Plotnitsky, Notes] Reference
Anyway, the, uh, the premise: man meets woman in idealized, dream-like Switzerland, they fall in love, have kids, and then all of them die. From Wordnik.com. [Another 10 Movies to Watch Stoned/High » Scene-Stealers] Reference
There is far too much tradition against that kind of idealized egalitarianism. From Wordnik.com. [The Ninja]
His sons must have seen him as the perfect man — a kind of idealized figure. From Wordnik.com. [What Makes W. Tick?] Reference
I think that -- that the -- there's a kind of idealized image of this Mt. Olympus. From Wordnik.com. [Closed Chambers: The First Eyewitness Account of the Epic Struggles Inside the Supreme Court] Reference
Even in their "idealized" forms, we just don't look like something people want to ogle. From Wordnik.com. [This One's for the Girls] Reference
Raised with a kind of idealized notion of Israel, she now seems committed to making the country live up to her ideals. From Wordnik.com. [The Dark Art of Interrogation] Reference
He first approached us in March and proposed to do a series of photographs exploring a kind of idealized American family. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 7, 2005] Reference
What evidence of "idealized" love is there in these poems?. From Wordnik.com. [Primitive Love and Love-Stories] Reference
(On his Web site, Mr. Künstler says his wife modeled for the "idealized" portrait.). From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
But it's possible that in these uncertain times, a nostalgia for a kind of idealized domesticity is taking hold. From Wordnik.com. [Jezebel] Reference
Then the waves that he presented were further "idealized" by whoever created the chart that has circulated ever since. From Wordnik.com. [LewRockwell.com] Reference
Most of the poems have a quasi-human subject, a kind of idealized rustic, in reality Strephon or Corydon brought up to date. From Wordnik.com. [Collected Essays] Reference
Maria Schneider performs for a certain kind of idealized listener: one who wants to take the full measure of her career in a short period. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Photown News] Reference
This is not an idealized vision, hence the caveats of reasonableness. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Brenner: America's Defunct Political System] Reference
Korean women are idealized for their beauty, men for their prowess as lovers. From Wordnik.com. [Japan Finds Its Seoul] Reference
Something inside me responds to the human connection in Rockwell's idealized world. From Wordnik.com. [Those Were the Days] Reference
Both views, of course, are idealized clichés that have long had lives of their own. From Wordnik.com. [Cowboys and Indians] Reference
The rich, at long last, are very much like you or me: they're an idealized version of ourselves. From Wordnik.com. [They're Rich (And You're Not)] Reference
If "Falling Down" has a lesson, it is about the futility of trying to re-create an idealized past. From Wordnik.com. [To The Victors, Few Spoils] Reference
In reality, the Senate does not function in anything like the idealized way that Senators imagine. From Wordnik.com. [Senate not the special snowflake it thinks it is] Reference
Then again, one could argue that he seems idealized because we're seeing him through 10-year-old eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Bring On The Light] Reference
"The purpose of writers is not to reproduce idealized portraits of the community," says poet David Mura. From Wordnik.com. [Trouble In Paradise] Reference
An idealized picture of home, untroubled by crime, traffic or any of the other plagues of big-city life?. From Wordnik.com. [Touched By The Angels] Reference
The slavish fixation on insisting that every member conform to an idealized norm could be self-defeating. From Wordnik.com. [Europe's Orphan] Reference
Or maybe, in an idealized world -- a world Bill Bradley knows he does not inhabit -- he won't even need to be. From Wordnik.com. [Independents' Day?] Reference
Therapies that succeed in the idealized world of the lab can fail in real life or take decades to put into practice. From Wordnik.com. [Stem-Cell Breakthrough] Reference
In his autobiographies, Andersen idealized his rags-to-riches story, casting himself as the triumphant "Ugly Duckling.". From Wordnik.com. [LIVING A FAIRY TALE] Reference
And his background -- a past his supporters have idealized almost beyond recognition -- is a major X-factor in his makeup. From Wordnik.com. [Behind The Wheel] Reference
Not to say it's a bad thing, but that argument seems idealized and removed from the human motivations that drive exploitation. From Wordnik.com. [Trickle Effect] Reference
Sports-crazy America has always idolized and idealized young men who "play hurt," "give it their all" or "take one for the team.". From Wordnik.com. [Leap Of Faith] Reference
We must take care to try and make those changes sensible, compassionate ones, to worry about real lives, rather than some idealized "life.". From Wordnik.com. [Embryos And Real Lives] Reference
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