Sept. 23, 2007 To the Editor: It is amazing how the presidential candidates are determined to come up with health insurance programs that are invariably complicated, often tied to employers, and frequently based on taxation gimmicks.
It is invariably hot, often a clammy, sticky hot.
He is invariably described (often by himself) as "cerebral".
His taste in lighting, scenery and costume is invariably theatrical, often refreshingly modern.
The towers were invariably offices, often for financial institutions, so were uniquely closely pegged to boom and bust.
Cabinets are therefore invariably coalitions, often of broad political composition, since no single party has ever been able to obtain an absolute majority in the Knesset.
It is under this heading that literature and ethnicity are invariably discussed, often with a special critical terminology: "hybridity", "subaltern", "the Other".
The child who would like very much to play foursquare on the playground before school is almost invariably disappointed (often by his own actions; this morning he chose to remove his sister's headrest from her seat, causing the car to stop while the headrest was reinserted and safety and calm restored).
Through the radio comes a series of voices, invariably masculine, often agitated, opining on topics of sporting currency at such length that eventually your thoughts drift from the callowness of coaches or the slumps of second basemen to the callers themselves.
The music, she said, is an alternative to albums put out by Disney, Nickelodeon, Sesame Street and other companies that dominate the children's genre with music that is almost invariably cheery, often preachy and typically sung by a cartoon character or somebody dressed like one.
