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Powers's formalism is most obvious in "The Gold Bug Variations" (1991), his third novel, which took pattern-making itself as its subject, using the obsessions of its central characters to play the intricacies of molecular biology against the architectonics of Baroque music.
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This construct was assessed using the anxiety, depression, obsession-compulsion, somatization, and hostility subscales pertaining to the Spanish version [ 32] of the Symptom Checklist-90-R (SCL-90-R) [ 33] which provides a measure of psychological symptoms experienced over the month prior to data collection.
These marijuana users do not meet the clinical definition of addiction, which includes an inability to stop using the drug, an uncontrollable obsession with it and increased tolerance.
On one hand, they use the prevailing obsession with real estate as a way to reveal their characters' moral shortcomings — their obsession with the quality of their houses, their pressing need to compete, the essential meaninglessness of their constant renovations, as if desperate to erase history and refashion homes as an outward manifestation of a self set free from the past.
The startup is probably best known for its marketing campaign which this year included a high-profile Super Bowl ad that parodied the toy industry's obsession with using the color pink for its "girl" toys and focusing on "fluffier" activities like playing princess in a castle.
For many students, weight and body fat are dangerous obsessions, so teachers using the equipment must undergo instruction and monitoring by the foundation, said Cameron Lewis, president of the fitness foundation.
We examined which type of obsessions is more strongly associated with negative self-inferences using the Intrusion Related Self Inference Scale (IRSIS; Ferrier & Brewin (2005).
He famously challenged the Warren Commission report (an obsession -- he uses the word -- that diminished his popularity); he voted for Ross Perot; and he said he would vote for a third-party candidate in November.
But you'd have to maintain a troubling obsession with Burger King to use the fast-food chain's emoji on a regular basis.
"I hate to use the word 'muse,' but I have a certain obsession with Piggy.
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