In these systems, subject headings are supplemented with topic descriptions such as abstracts and summaries, which have no restrictions on descriptive vocabulary.
The vast majority of respondents volunteered descriptions such as "charming" and "wonderful".
Genre descriptions, such as minimal Afro-beat techno or Afro-house, will inevitably dog it.
PERFUMES have colourful descriptions, such as floral or musky, to give buyers an inkling of their aromas.
And rather than include a famous subject's name in a painting's title, Picasso often used the broadest descriptions, such as Woman Ironing or Cubist Head.
While Harlan was using his immense lung capacity to shout play-by-play descriptions such as, "Ohh, Apodaca, he's a flame thrower!" Sundvold provided quiet, terse analysis.
But once he was in the top job at BP in England, words such as genial were replaced by descriptions such as abrasive and high-handed.
And the Sharmilee restaurant, over a shop selling pink and green Asian sweets, wryly includes English dishes in its menu descriptions, such as, 'Fries: fried potato chips served with tomato ketchup'.
Half of the voters then heard a sample back-and-forth debate about the candidates, which included sexist descriptions such as "mean girl" and "ice queen" and "prostitute" to talk about the female candidate.
My favourite part of this book is how the author uses lots of really good descriptions, such as 'The trees whipped past and James' vision turned into a wall of green and brown as he picked up speed'.
"For example," she wrote, "descriptions such as 'high quality' are generally not actionable; they are vague and subjective puffery not capable of being material as a matter of law".
