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  • Daniel/Shaw Library designed by Davis Brody Bond Aedas is shaped into a dynamically jutting prow that is a far cry from the inward-turned, windowless brick models of yesteryear.

    The Public Option: Parks and Libraries Soar Julie V. Iovine 2010

  • Eurosceptics say they are vindicated, and are realists – but nothing is less real than the illusion that any European nation, least of all ours, can lay claim to some inward-turned, singular story outside the larger narrative of the continent.

    Europe has been building a secret community of culture Jonathan Jones 2010

  • In the latest manifestation of what seems to be a neverending cycle of Nordic self-distrust and mutual dislike, Finnish author Sofi Oksanen has badly upset many of her compatriots by giving an extended interview to Danish television mostly in English in which she condemns Finland as an unpleasant, inward-turned country characterized by male chauvinism, repressed violence, actual violence against women and subservience to Russia.

    Archive 2009-11-01 David McDuff 2009

  • In the latest manifestation of what seems to be a neverending cycle of Nordic self-distrust and mutual dislike, Finnish author Sofi Oksanen has badly upset many of her compatriots by giving an extended interview to Danish television mostly in English in which she condemns Finland as an unpleasant, inward-turned country characterized by male chauvinism, repressed violence, actual violence against women and subservience to Russia.

    Knocking Finland David McDuff 2009

  • She made a striking visual impression on many who encountered her: there was something boyish about her, something inward-turned in a pre-Raphaelite manner, and it was an effect obviously achieved with conscious purpose.

    Archive 2009-10-01 David McDuff 2009

  • Vivek makes good points about American poetry, and about the inward-turned attentions of so many people who think about American literature and American poetry as categories.

    am I an americanist? : Stephen Burt : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007

  • Even the War on Terror is just more inward-turned gazing: our enemy is hiding in our midst; watch each other; be vigilant; trust no one.

    The future is for the old, not the young « It Doesn't Have To Be Right… 2008

  • My own contention is that SFWA has become an inward-turned and dysfunctional subculture that drives knowledgeable people away.

    SFWA President: I’m a Write-In Candidate « Whatever 2007

  • Patrick, you say that SFWA “has become an inward-turned and dysfunctional subculture.”

    SFWA President: I’m a Write-In Candidate « Whatever 2007

  • He has a granddaughter now, Amber's child, Victoria, and the 2-year-old does not seem bothered by the pale man with the dark mustache and the inward-turned arms.

    Archive 2006-07-01 Ann Althouse 2006

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