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  • Although I think it is possible to have an aethetic preference for realism over its alternatives, and vice versa, James Wood unfortunately does not really support this preference "within" aesthetics, as Jacob puts it.

    Principles of Literary Criticism 2010

  • It suggests that he understands, on some level, that his reputation for "first-class cinema" was damaged with the aethetic smear job he perpetrated with the DVC movie.

    Ron Howard, Angry & Demeaning? 2009

  • On the other hand, it is not suprising that critics interested in the specifically literary and aethetic accomplishments of fiction would shy away from such writers as Sinclair Lewis, Upton Sinclair, and James T. Farrell.

    Realism in Fiction 2008

  • And yes, we miss your nail posts, inventive and aethetic.

    Sniffing at Sephora: Gucci Flora, Tocca Brigitte, Guerlain Figue-Iris, Philosophy Unconditional Love Marina Geigert 2009

  • Now here is another tale: I met a person who built a few houses in Mexico using aethetic judgement, contacts with workers, and knowledge of available materials.

    Property values in Mexico 2003

  • The real success of the software was in pioneering revolutionary interfaces, deeper concepts of realtime interaction, and aethetic designs of organic shapes, rounded edges, soft shadows and layers which are now many years later standard parts of OSX and XP.

    Resources | ZDNet 2010

  • It's a quirky (both technical and otherwise) project whose darker aethetic reminds me of the likes of

    1UP RSS feed 2009

  • Jog does a better job of explaining Jablonski's unique aethetic viewpoint than I ever could.

    Blog@Newsarama 2008

  • And despite its Soldier of Fortune meets Disney; s Animal Kingdom aethetic, it's a reasosnable fun game to play.

    buzzcut 2008

  • The new Gmail Themes customization feature could either annoy loyal Gmail users who are so used to the Classic Gmail layout or entice them to use Gmail more often since it gives a new take on the whole Gmail aethetic environment.

    RotorBlog.com - Social Networking Blog 2008

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