Russell's complaint was that since the whole composed of O'Neal and Jordan is the same as the whole composed of Jordan and O'Neal, this approach has no way to explain what the difference would be between O'Neal's being taller than Jordan and Jordan's being taller than O'Neal, as both would seem to be reduced to the same composite entity bearing the same quality (see POM, 221 26).
Close attention is given to awful adolescent truths, like suddenly being taller than he is.
"The good news is that being taller is associated with longer life expectancy," he said.
The second is that men, being taller, stand out like mountain peaks above the keratinous clouds.
Being taller than me means something to her, though she struggles to define exactly what.
Of course, if sit-ups or downward dogs are not your style, there are two simple tricks to being taller.
At gigs and cinemas, you can see everything and at home, I like being taller than Dad.
While leaning over Fuld, who was still seated, the father murmured something about being taller, causing Fuld to stand and eye his admirer mock-warily.
When asked to pinpoint the moment he first remembers being taller than his horn, Andrews flashes on a concert somewhere in the Caribbean in his early teens.
Such manipulation would look more socially attractive if the mere fact of being taller made a person smarter, as some research has suggested since the 1890s.
It shouldn't come as a surprise that a US study has found that powerful people see themselves being taller than they actually are.
