Her 1961 classic, "Great American Cities," challenged the urban redevelopment that was transforming American cities; in it, she contended that vital communities depended on the varied street life and small-scale virtues of densely settled neighborhoods.
In Spain, Atlético Madrid continue to assert a similar principle, the idea that the wealthiest mega-clubs can outgrow their own strengths, overlooking the human-scale virtues of team-building and spirit in favour of an assemblage of stars, the idiot-culture of celebrity worship infecting sport as it has music, publishing and politics.
But you can't buy a scale of virtues to put on the bathroom floor.
In RG, Ross thought that virtue and pleasure were on the same scale, though virtue was (somehow) higher up on the scale than pleasure could ever reach (RG 150; FE 275).
"You scale your virtue up slightly, and the people around you will have to reset their standards," he said.
They promised vast economies of scale by virtue of their collective buying power and state-of-the-art distribution logistics that would bring every agricultural product on the planet to our shelves, 365 days a year.
But if you read Edith Wharton or Henry James, you know that the grandes dames of New York society weighed a woman's worth on the scale of virtue; they judged Worsham by the lightness of her morals, not the ballast of her splendor.
In this work, we unveil the effect of NT structure on the deformation mechanism and mechanical properties of diamond at the atomic scale by virtue of atomistic simulations.
Savonius rotor is preferred for many power generation applications like tidal, wind and hydro, especially on a small scale by virtue of its simple and inexpensive construction, installation and maintenance.
The Depression built character on a national scale, taught us virtues like self-reliance and sacrifice and compassion, brought families together.
The importance of diversity in the media – as in other sectors of society – is not about scoring points in some imaginary scale of civic virtue.
