It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities. From LearnThat.org. [Eric Hoffer]
What's the differenz if milieu is Polish/Japanese or Mgwlanaflasxhg?. From Wordnik.com. [MIND MELD: Guide to International SF/F (Part I )] Reference
Dressing also creates milieu from the offset -- e.g. the Victorian London that steet-corner is in. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-12-01] Reference
Where a fictive milieu is sufficiently consistent with this that no credibility warp is introduced, it can be classed as mimetic. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-12-01] Reference
But ultimately, as much fun as that was, and how it worked in that milieu, is detrimental to other forms of higher communications. From Wordnik.com. [romantic comedy, and the year of opinions about rubbish films] Reference
The ulterior milieu is situated as a system of alterity dispersed throughout reality, hidden in the interstices between what is known. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-12-01] Reference
Yes, she operated in the old major label milieu, but her stuff was way more daring and imaginative and far less dogmatic than most hipster acts. From Wordnik.com. [Tim Mohr: Rolling Stone is Gathering Moss, Big Time] Reference
Just as a point of clarification: did you mean that the milieu is similar to that of Schild's Ladder, or that they take place in the same universe?. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW: Incandescence by Greg Egan] Reference
The degree to which the characters are bound to their milieu is made apparent at every turn — sometimes, in didactic bits of dialogue, almost too apparent. From Wordnik.com. [International Crime Fiction] Reference
That isn’t to suggest that Miwa’s milieu is a pleasant one. From Wordnik.com. [July « 2009 « The Manga Curmudgeon] Reference
This film is about a high-capitalist, haut-bourgeois milieu, which is really anathema to me. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
In other words, a pointed, entertaining sense of the milieu, which is what I find lacking most often. From Wordnik.com. [Absence of Malice] Reference
His milieu was the perfumed corridors of theatres filled by girls with feathers and fans, private rooms in private clubs. From Wordnik.com. [Sepulchre]
The changes in one form to another happened with the changes in the environment (or what Antoine Bechamp called the milieu). From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
Both Speer and the Coydogs are fringe acts for sure, yet neither one can be considered a part of the indie milieu, which is just as well. From Wordnik.com. [AltWeeklies.com Site Feed] Reference
The ulterior milieu is an alterior reality. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-12-01] Reference
As they do so a fictive milieu is constructed. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-12-01] Reference
In most cases, and especially in Glass's books, "milieu" means not just an environment but a prevailing mood. From Wordnik.com. ["The Widower's Tale," by Julia Glass] Reference
But the kind of milieu I grew up in, which was largely urban, largely middle-class, there wasn't any space for those distinctions, really. From Wordnik.com. [A House on Wheels : Anita Rau Badami talks about her novel Tamarind Woman] Reference
'At that time, in the' milieu ', it was almost a funeral a week'. From Wordnik.com. [cafebabel.com] Reference
I had heard comments, you know, in the "milieu", here and elsewhere that some day I could return to Rome. From Wordnik.com. [Deborah Gyapong] Reference
Using painted cloth as the backdrop, she is able to create the illusion of the right kind of milieu for the action. From Wordnik.com. [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference
These social circumstances constitute a morbid milieu which is detrimental to the health of an individual and society. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Of all shapes of all trees I think the shape of an old and twisted thorn-tree harmonises best with one's impression of the "milieu" of. From Wordnik.com. [Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations] Reference
Sure, it's not as pretentious as "milieu", but I used it anyway.). From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW: Galactic North by Alastair Reynolds] Reference
"milieu" as well as some sort of static "material" in the midst of which and out of which it moulds its premeditated future. From Wordnik.com. [The Complex Vision] Reference
"I've heard the milieu is a lot better," he said. From Wordnik.com. [statesmanjournal.com - Top Stories] Reference
But first they must enter an urban milieu that can be openly hostile. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Divide] Reference
It must have been the milieu that prevented us from using that kind of language. From Wordnik.com. [Self-Indulgent Help] Reference
To those in my milieu, there is no sight more dreaded than their daggerlike dorsal fin. From Wordnik.com. [Pirates In Tuxedos] Reference
In her milieu, however, beauty was enough-and that is on view in the book's many photos. From Wordnik.com. [A Mixed Bag For Summer] Reference
He grew up in a milieu of unspoken truths, unacknowledged complexities and hidden histories. From Wordnik.com. [On His Own] Reference
That would reinforce his theme that Washington cannot be improved by people acculturated to its milieu. From Wordnik.com. [How No. 1s Pick No. 2s] Reference
The scope and structure recall "Nashville," but the milieu is closer to the underrated "California Split.". From Wordnik.com. [A Diorama Of Dysfunction] Reference
It is not the law, the cultural milieu or testosterone levels that account for the vast majority of change. From Wordnik.com. [Letters] Reference
My attitude and predilections never meshed with my town's slow-talking, deer-hunting, sports-as-religion milieu. From Wordnik.com. [How I Escaped Jami G’s Shadow] Reference
Anderson doesn't spare us the lurid, exploitative aspects of this milieu, but his movie never feels like exploitation. From Wordnik.com. [Porn In The U.S.A.] Reference
Growing up in the socioeconomic milieu of Wall Street's barons, he knew their dirty little secrets and how to shame them. From Wordnik.com. [His Dark Journey] Reference
A staff of specially trained "milieu therapists" guide the children through meals, outdoor exercise and group activities. From Wordnik.com. [Case Study: Helping Kids In Trouble] Reference
And would acknowledging healthy orientations help reform a milieu of repression that may be a factor in clergy preying on minors?. From Wordnik.com. [Sex And The Church: A Case For Change] Reference
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