"Engelbart's self-defined mission was not to produce a product, or even a prototype; it was an open-ended search for knowledge," Michael Hiltzik writes, in "Dealers of Lightning" (1999), his wonderful history of Xerox PARC.
HUD's own self-defined mission is to "create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all". "This is a time when lower income families are feeling a real squeeze on their budget.
"There used to be a self-defined cadre of campaign reporters.
But vanlife, as a concept and as a self-defined community, is primarily a social-media phenomenon.
Roske-Martinez is its spokesperson, its youth director, and a self-defined eco hip hop artist, activist and change-agent.
Kripalu has thrived as a self-defined post-guru community, training hundreds of nonsectarian teachers per year.
Each Feminist Studies student builds an individual program of study around a self-defined thematic focus, integrating courses from multiple departments.
Ms. Weigert has a deliciously open, uninhibited quality as the violinist, a self-defined bohemian still giddy from having escaped from domestic bondage in New Jersey.
It just doesn't seem to be a thought worth inspiring a boycott by a self-defined cosmopolitan community of writers.
In 1972, a self-defined "disposable artist" named Les Levine who lived on Mott Street cast about 30 pieces of freshly chewed gum in gold.
Slowly, Israelis are beginning to contemplate what this may imply for them: the contradictions inherent in being a self-defined "Jewish and democratic" state.
