In short, we should treat it either as a dramatic imperative or as something designed to give erotic pleasure.
He brightened, as if it wouldn't be an unwelcome addition, though it would be tame compared with ones that have played a part in many past Whitman performances, jarring injections of nontheatrical reality that he invites to create what he once described as a "perceived potential for getting hurt," a dramatic imperative in his work.
As the Clinton-Obama marathon proved conclusively, a photo finish is essential to the dramatic and Nielsen imperatives of 24/7 television coverage.
Given this dramatic decline, it is imperative to assess the impacts of these demographic patterns on population growth and long-term stability.
In my own drafts, I had also neglected important dramatic and thematic genre imperatives, such as the ubiquitous secret martial arts book you'll find in virtually every wuxia novel and film.
This demographic imperative, coupled with the dramatic increases in rates of breast cancer with advancing age, is expected to translate into a large absolute increase in the number of older women treated for and surviving breast cancer [ 4].
A "dramatic improvement and formalization of communication channels is absolutely imperative," it concluded.
Perhaps her adventure is so gripping because Strayed relates its gritty, visceral details not out of a desire to milk its obviously dramatic circumstances but out of a powerful, yet understated, imperative to understand its meaning.
These sparsely documented early years have subsequently been littered with legends and lore, all designed to align Washington's childhood with either the dramatic achievements of his later career or the mythological imperatives of America's preeminent national hero.
But it does reinforce the picture of a species that, for the most part, doesn't undertake dramatic, sustained and costly ventures without a near-term, practical imperative at the root.
"When concerted action, sound strategies, adequate resources and strong political will are harnessed in support of child and maternal survival, dramatic reductions in child mortality aren't just feasible, they are morally imperative".
