Sentences with phrase «more as a novelty»

However, it does seem likely that Ms. Madison was hired more as a novelty, since her name sounds remarkably like one of Sandler's earliest and most beloved movies...

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As The Economist noted in a recent feature, it may become no more than a novelty or a historical curiosity.

Come Monday, you'll remember a novelty - packed weekend as feeling like more time.

«By further reflecting that the clearest evidence would be requisite to make any sane man believe in the miracles by which Christianity is supported, — that the more we know of the fixed laws of nature the more incredible, do miracles become, — that the men at that time were ignorant and credulous to a degree almost incomprehensible by us, — that the Gospels can not be proved to have been written simultaneously with the events, — that they differ in many important details, far too important as it seemed to me to be admitted as the usual inaccuracies of eyewitness; — by such reflections as these, which I give not as having the least novelty or value, but as they influenced me, I gradually came to disbelieve in Christianity as a divine revelation.

In reality, The Grey Album comes off as little more than a novelty.

Needless to say, as we have seen previously, the capacity for novelty is minimal, even negligible, in many actualities, thus, presumably, their responses are more in accord with the divine call than those of more complex creatures; the greater the degree of complexity, the greater the capacity to misuse freedom and refuse or diverge from God's call.

As Rorty has put it more recently, «whatever good the ideas of «objectivity» and transcendence» have done for our culture can be attained equally well by the idea of a community which strives after both intersubjective agreement and novelty — a democratic, progressive, pluralist community of the sort of which Dewey dreamt» (ORT 13).

This is, more precisely, the Primordial - Nature of God — God as the organ of novelty.

Change, to keep the church alive in the 21st century (in the UK at least where churchgoing is about as normal as ferret juggling) needs to be far, far more radical than that, and based on an assessment of what real people's real needs are, rather than a thirst for novelty.

There is in fact nothing more to be said about the novelty of these uniquely occurring occasions than that each occasion is novel, that it happens only once and is unrepeatable in relation to all other occasions to which, as such, it can stand in a real relation of connectedness.

Vast numbers of people think that the fact of a relatively settled order of nature, along with the scientific interpretation of change and the description of the inner dynamics of human personality (and much else as well), has ruled out once and for all genuine novelty and made change nothing more than the reshuffling of bits of matter - in - motion.

Yet, for process thinkers, an important value, the virtue of creativity, is the zest for novelty and adventure — characteristics of life itself, particularly in the more complex forms, such as animals with central nervous systems.

Adventure, in the technical meaning given to it by process thought, is the search for ever more intense versions of ordered novelty.15 The theme of the cosmos as adventure now lies at the center of scientific thought.

(Recall our Whiteheadian definition of adventure as the quest for more and more intense versions of ordered novelty.)

His concern is not with evolutionist theories or cosmology, but with an initial formulation of his micro-ontology of actual occasions, intended to provide a coherent account of the experience of novelty and creativity as more than endless permutations of the previously - given.

Now although Hall considers this a «process» view of creativity, its emphasis upon the individual as «its own source of order and novelty» is more extreme than that in Whitehead's philosophy.

They are the avenues by which the principle of order and novelty lays hold of our consciousness so as to move it toward a deeper and more explicit sensitivity to value.

And as the creative advance of the universe brings more and more novelty into the picture, the events of the past are continually given a new and unanticipated significance.

As a result of developments in modern science we are much more aware than our theological predecessors were of the extent to which novelty continually pours into the world process.

These opportunities need not be restricted to novelty one - off purchases, with scope for improved sensory qualities of more familiar products such as grains, fruits and vegetables.

Like close enough that when I go to the restaurant it's not novelty any more and I go for the French bread just as equally.

The phoenix suns began the season as a nullity, quickly evolved into a novelty and wound up winning more games than any other NBA team.

Jenna has several ideas about that, noting in particular that kids are more likely to try fruits and vegetables when there aren't other «safer» options around (pizza, etc.), as well as the novelty of the event, peer pressure, and the fact that they got a little extra recess for tasting.

One extension of the socially inculcated materialist bias is a certain view of novelty and change as both a telos and measure of social progress: the valorisation of consumption and accumulation, and the acceleration through advancing technology of ever more transactional forms of relating to others, has left a legacy of insatiable desire, and a need for permanent «churning» activity aimed at meeting it.

Of course, as more people use Twitter and its novelty fades, this route may be pinched off, just as it's now harder to reach many reporters via email now than it was when it was a shiny new tool.

They found that they got more bang for the buck with SMS than with emails, since recipients were much less likely to ignore a text message (an effect that may diminish as text messages» novelty fades).

He's also endorsing an exploitative voyeurism which began as a more harmless novelty.

More importantly, I only ever wanted to continue so long as I enjoyed research, and sadly even the novelty of purifying DNA wore off.

Alex Thiery, a PhD student at the University of Sheffield who contributed to the study said: «We are interested in the developmental origin of the pufferfish beak as it presents a special opportunity to understand how evolutionary novelty can arise in vertebrates more generally.

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It's often touted as a «reward chemical» or part of the brain's «reward center,» but more recent research has shown that, like novelty, it's actually more closely related to our motivation to seek rewards rather than being a reward itself.

This more finessed approach to investing in clothes is only something I've truly started to master in recent years as I near thirty, whereas in my past id find myself over buying and hoarding (the novelty of a pay check and my own space I expect).

While novelty patterns and bold colours might be ideal for making a statement, simple is definitely a better option as you'll get a lot more wear out of them throughout the season.

I'm sure my feeble wardrobe rebellion will fade as the month wears on and I'll have many more wintery looks on the way (I am actually excited to get back to playing with layers and I'm a sucker for novelty print tights.

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However there's something special about shopping during the festive period, as Christmas carols, cool window displays and tons of novelty gifts make this chore a whole lot more fun.

This is a slightly more interactive way to engage you with the site and works quite well as a novelty.

Regardless of all the times I've desired more fresh ideas in a movie, The Big Bad Swim reminded me that sometimes characters don't require novelty as long as they feel genuine.

It doesn't make use of any mechanics that are unique to VR and plays identically on the screen as it does on the headset, however the novelty of being in VR enables a more focused experience and heightens the game's purposeful intensity.

Similarly, it's funny seeing Hugo Weaving dressed up as the rough and tough Nurse Noakes, but it's nothing more than a novelty.

Horror fans, broadly speaking, have come to regard conspicuous gimmicks and ostentatious high concepts with skepticism over the years, as filmmakers — and, more often still, shrewd producers — have exhausted every novelty of form or structure in a bid to seize upon the latest trend.

Breathing the same oxygen as Paul Newman, William Holden, and Fred Astaire seems to be much more exciting to this group than working with fire — the novelty of the film's all - star cast takes up most of the discussion.

Gim me a break, it's barely won anything and is seen as more of a novelty than anything.

Gim me a break, itâ $ ™ s barely won anything and is seen as more of a novelty than anything.

But his frank, understated performance as Williams offers far more than novelty appeal.

As with any sequel, the novelty is gone and certain jokes have more than run their course by now.

Starring Andrea Riseborough and James D'Arcy as the historical couple, and Abbie Cornish as the woman obsessed with their romance, it all all sounds suspiciously like «Julie & Julia» with crowns replacing the chef's hats — which, combined with the novelty factor of the film's celebrity writer - director, leads me to think the Weinsteins may view this more as a light commercial play rather than the hefty awards bait of their last monarchy biopic.

It's like the majority of anime based games, which are created as a novelty for fans more so than standalone projects.

It's certainly a fun game to play with someone, and the vehicles have been designed for more than one player, but outside of the novelty there wasn't enough to convince me Far Cry 5 is better as a co-op game.