Sentences with phrase «mundane nature of their activities»

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Considering the size and decentralized nature of U.S. education, the sluggishness with which it has reacted to many demands for reform, and the modest political oomph behind such mundane activities as crafting data systems, the gains are remarkable.
The protagonists of these works, derived from pictures in magazines or scientific books, are captured while engaging in activities whose exact nature seems both mundane and mysterious («they're just sitting there breathing,» Borremans told an interviewer), but the artist manages to freight these protagonists, and the air around them, with great emotional tension.
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