civ
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Our civ evaded that crisis with a technological side-step that seemed so obvious, so easy and graceful, that few even noticed or commented.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2012
And if the four main characters are meant to personify the decline of Western civ, Polanski’s one significant addition to the play undercuts that dour generalization.
From Time ● Dec. 14, 2011
And if the four main characters are meant to personify the decline of Western civ, Polanski's one significant addition to the play undercuts that dour generalization.
From Time ● Sep. 2, 2011
The film must also be an up-front metaphor for the cosmic anomie of Western civ, and, to boot, a bilious satire on the smugness of the nuclear family.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yells, hoarse or shrill, and roars more or less guttural, were significant of any of the wild beasts with which the forest abounds, and recalled the verse in Psalm civ.,
From The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
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