But if there were more Asian-American characters on television shows, the longform story-telling medium of choice these days, they could break down the myriad of assumptions and revitalize our image as a sub-culture, one that is largely referenced only by our demographic.
Even the most "objective" review, just like the most impartial news report, brings in a myriad of basic assumptions and preferences about what has been seen and felt.
Although the urban pollution mix related to motor vehicle emissions could be based on a myriad of inputs and assumptions such as fleet characterization, vehicle starts and stops, driving speeds, deterioration rates of pollution control systems, and other factors, no study had characterised a gradient of exposure in the urban space of São Paulo.
But the division of chores plays into myriad other problems, from the assumption that women are better suited to caring professions, to the patronising depiction of men as oafish and stupid in cleaning adverts, to the struggle for shared parental leave.
I've written quite a bit about the myriad of reasons why you shouldn't make assumptions in business.
The assumption of myriads of vaccine targets with substantial inter-patient variation would be a compelling rationale to test novel modular vaccine designs or approaches based on full-length myelin proteins.
I am convinced that there can be no assumptions as we seek to uncover the myriad ways mitochondria are functionally integrated within the cell.
And then there are myriad smaller companies that have been formed and lived their lives on the assumption they will eventually be auctioned off to one of the Internet giants.
Though it isn't spelt out, the clear assumption is that companies such as Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, BlackBerry, and myriad smaller ones providing interpersonal communications are meant here.
There are myriad examples.
