But for the general reader and lover of literature it is rich and deeply satisfying – paradoxically so, given that it is so brief, and often so vague.
And yet for all the associations with modesty that long imparts, you could not say that this has been a conservative season, not with the orgy of color and prints or, paradoxically, so many clothes that were sheer to the point of invisibility.
And paradoxically, doing so doesn't mean getting less done, but just the opposite.
They are young, ambitious and gifted - different in every way from the boob-enhanced trophy Wags who have become, paradoxically, so iconic for doing absolutely nothing but sleeping with a footballer and applying self-tan.
The usual suspects – climate change, deforestation – are partly to blame, but somewhat paradoxically so is the lack of yellow fever in these areas, due to previous intervention efforts.
Abstract Expressionism still animates her art, but perhaps paradoxically, so does 1970's-style grid painting, setting up a compacted tension between the all-at-once explosiveness of the one and the all-over modular control of the other.
One of the chief satisfactions of "The Widow of St. Pierre" -- one of the things that make it, perhaps paradoxically, so deeply entertaining -- is its air of moral gravity.
But, paradoxically, so are the grievances of non-elite white men.
On the other hand, I also think that this fact underscores (albeit paradoxically so) the urgent need for us to address several Earth-bound problems.
