And those shared assumptions are usually pretty conservative: we don’t reinvent the world from scratch every time we float a theory. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

This probability is not even close to being sufficiently low to warrant rejecting our assumption of no ESP. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

From what I could gather, the recruitment attitude at the temple seemed to me to amount to a self-defeating waiting view ... an assumption that Allah would bring us more Muslims. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everyone is to proceed on the assumption that Ebola virus is potentially airborne,” he said. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The natural assumption of children, Markman argues, is that if an object or person is given a second label, then that label must refer to some secondary property or attribute of that object. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This assumption challenged everything physicists had assumed about the motion of objects. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Given these reasonably valid assumptions, the problem of determining the relevant probability is straightforward. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the same thing every Friday, and he never said no, but Ma and Pa always say it’s polite and proper to ask and not to make no assumptions. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I hungered to share the dominant assumptions of my time and act upon them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was routine procedure, done under the assumption that a steamer would always be more effective than a simple hose cart. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

But since the linkages between the nucleotides involved only the phosphate and sugar groups, our assumption that the same type of chemical bond linked all the nucleotides together was not affected. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I tried to think of a logical solution that could explain what I had just seen — a solution that excluded the assumption that I was insane. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“If I am right in my assumption, then the letter was burnt by the murderer. Why? Because it mentioned the word ‘Armstrong’ which is the clue to the mystery.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ohhhh. I was under the assumption that your parents were divorced,” Mrs. Stanford said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Henry Maudsley, the psychiatrist, launched the first attack, questioning Galton’s assumptions about heredity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The way she’d nudged me and lowered her voice had made it all too obvious she too was expressing some assumption, probably doing the rounds, about me being the “natural successor.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone always makes this assumption, but in my case it didn't pan out. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The upshot is that your computations are necessarily based on a series of nested assumptions, any of which could be a source of contention. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

But we need to remember that small changes in context can be just as important in tipping epidemics, even though that fact appears to violate some of our most deeply held assumptions about human nature. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had never questioned his own assumption that Dumbledore wanted him alive. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

For on assumption, unlike the earlier debate over funding, Madison had the votes. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Aliens who etch little hearts into stone in the middle of the California desert. Of course, Occam’s razor. Go with the hypothesis with the fewest assumptions needed. Vandalizing aliens it is.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Seriously, Bri, I don’t. It’s messed up. I’m sick of them making assumptions about us.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The political deal Jefferson described would never go down in Virginia, where assumption was regarded as a “fatal poison” and the Potomac location “of but little importance” in comparison. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

You need to make a leap beyond the automatic assumption that doctors are always men. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

To warn you of confusion and delusion and assumption. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

This was the kid who had jumped off the roof under the misguided assumption that a garbage bag would work like a parachute. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t have any trouble with it,” I said, stung by his assumption. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Without having discussed it, we both had begun going on the assumption that he would recover. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It is this assumption that there are new discoveries to be made which has transformed the world, for it has made modern science and technology possible. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In fact, all our theories of science are formulated on the assumption that space-time is smooth and nearly flat, so they break down at the big bang singularity, where the curvature of space-time is infinite. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Hamilton did what he had unofficially implied he would do all along: manipulate the numbers to make the Virginians more comfortable with assumption. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Let us examine the roadblock and the various unspoken assumptions that buttress it. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t interrogate me or make assumptions about my life. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She apparently thinks Annabelle might use the shears to slash her wrists or something, which might be an understandable assumption. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Information is so powerful that the assumption of information, even if the information does not actually exist, can have a sobering effect. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

And therefore when those same frenzied Virginians who were writing Madison about the fatal curse of assumption also wrote him, he was even less supportive, though characteristically elusive. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He calculated that the Earth was 89 million years old–an age that fit neatly enough with Kelvin’s assumptions but unfortunately not with reality. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It is, if you like, a half-assed syllogism; typically one that, rather than having its premises right out in the open, has a hidden assumption somewhere.* Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Your assumption was quite right. Mr. Ratchett was murdered. Stabbed. But I should like to know why you were so sure it was murder, and not just—death.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry Lee, for example, apprised Madison that the assumption debate reminded him of those glorious days of yesteryear, when the Virginia Assembly refused to recognize Parliament’s right to tax colonies. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He never claimed to be that which he was not, but did not disabuse people of their assumptions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Mathematics can help determine the consequences of our assumptions and values, but we, not some mathematical divinity, are the origin of these assumptions and values. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I imagine her giving Corey the blow-by-blow account of what went down, and even if that’s not a fair assumption to make, it’s enough to make me realize I don’t want her there. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The debate over assumption, which followed on the heels of the vote on funding, only intensified the sense of betrayal and made matters worse. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The next day Colonel Cathcart was there, brimming with tough pride in his new outfit and celebrating his assumption of command by raising the number of missions required from twenty-five to thirty. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“This is very curious!” said I, with the best assumption I could put on of its being nothing more to me. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Strauss fired back furiously that his science advisors, Professors Lawrence and Teller, thought the assumptions underlying Rabi’s findings baseless. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

But he was making one basic mistake—the assumption that Root would play by the rules. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Chemical control of insects seems to have proceeded on the assumption that the soil could and would sustain any amount of insult via the introduction of poisons without striking back. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

They had all shared the assumption that such models must involve various combinations of circular movement, because the philosophers had instructed them that all movements in the heavens was required to be circular. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And what a shame that her assumptions had proven correct! Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

You had to live— did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

In his smile Werner recognizes an assumption that they are kindred, comrades. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I like who? That’s. You know? I don’t appreciate your assumption!” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Even putting aside such concerns, though, recent research indicates that the basic assumptions upon which drug war defenses typically rest are simply wrong. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

On this assumption, the conferees thought it likely that radioastronomy would be the generally accepted mode of interstellar communication, on grounds of speed and economy. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why do people feel justified in making negative assumptions instead of positive ones? Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you read Madisons speeches against assumption in the House during the spring of 1790, you get the impression that his core objections were economic. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

On the assumption that many general readers are as unmathematical as I am, I will use them sparingly, though they are occasionally unavoidable, not least in a chapter dealing with things on a cosmic scale. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

And again, very simple assumptions would have enormous consequences. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Or when Henry Lee flooded him with apocalyptic premonitions if assumption somehow were to pass, he counseled patience and greater trust in the wisdom of Congress. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Others may make different assumptions, but it's important to remember that they are all just that: assumptions. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Smith, who operated under the assumption that all easterners were up to no good, didn’t trust Workman anyway. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had always looked up to this woman, but here she was, making assumptions about me when she had no idea what I was experiencing. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Seeing prominent and educated white women discussing serious matters with a black man on the basis of perfect equality could only lead to the weakening of the wardresses’ apartheid assumptions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He liked the classical genetic assumption that male and female cells contribute equal amounts of genetic material, even though the resulting analysis was perversely complex. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Some find this a convenient assumption, but as a chart for a course of action it is highly dangerous. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

This doesn’t alleviate my guilt over my own assumption, but okay. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Jan: “But you don’t know anything for sure. You’re just making an assumption.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Putting the two assumptions together, we conclude that the average toy block in this collection has the interesting property of having three inches to a side and a volume of sixty-three cubic inches! Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many people will of course say that the probability is 80 percent, but the correct answer, given certain reasonable assumptions, is considerably lower. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But when people make assumptions about you, no one dies.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Kassia’s haunting music has recendy been recorded for the first time in a thousand years, and it rather gracefully refutes the assumption that the development of early music is exclusively the handiwork of men. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

This was considered an awkward interruption, disrupting as it did the critical debate over the assumption and residency questions with an inflammatory proposal that several southern representatives immediately denounced as mischievous meddling. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Using probability theory, I calculate that, given my assumption, the likelihood of this result is well below 5 percent, a commonly used “level of significance.” Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are both based on his unspoken assumption that time continues back forever, whether or not the universe had existed forever. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This assumption was crucially important when it came to trying to understand reproduction. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I no more can guess the assumptions that go along with glittering sneakers than a child in a dragon costume knows what real dragons would make of the color of her scales. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

As fast as my fingers can move, I type up his/her mistakes and incorrect assumptions. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing a thin, homely animal, Jones made the understandable assumption that this was no racehorse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It further rankled the westerners that the prejudices of the East overwhelmingly prevailed in the national press, which often seemed to operate on the assumption that anything west of the Rockies was China. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The hotels were built on the assumption that visitors would come for two weeks at least, but the car gave them a fickle mobility. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Dell found himself wondering if all kinds of assumptions were questionable. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Thomas Browne protested in 1646 against the general assumption that the further back in time one went, the nearer one approached to the truth. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

His assumption as to her opinion of his looks was far less favorable than her actual thoughts on the subject. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Do you know it wasn’t supposed to be in his personal collection when you found it? Do you have confirmation of that? Or are you making an assumption?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

"It is at least a fair assumption,” a widely used college forestry textbook remarked in 1973, "that no habitual or systematic burning was carried out by Indians.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She was afraid that there was nothing shared at all, that all her assumptions were wrong and that with her words she had isolated herself further, and he would think she was a fool. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

As those light-skinned Christian Europeans became interested in conquering other places, they took with them the assumptions that they were inherently superior to many of the peoples they encountered. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

To test this assumption, a scientific team from the United States Public Health Service sampled restaurant and institutional meals. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

This assumption has in fact been implicit throughout much of this chapter. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first assumption Einstein made seems fairly obvious. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

This was not good news for those people whose measurements of the Earth were based on the assumption that the Earth was a perfect sphere, which was everyone. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

But assumption was symptomatic of malevolent tendencies that transcended mere dollars and cents. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

For a long time, this was sufficient justification for Friedmann’s assumption—as a rough approximation to the real universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Germans might find out and choose another road. I’m not sure about any of this. I’m just making assumptions.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“That’s where everything falls down. Postulates are based on assumption and adhered to by faith. Nothing in the Universe can shake them. I’m going to bed.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Given this assumption, further reasoning was infinitely simpler. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Needless to say, our understanding of the nature of these cores is indirect, but scientists can make some reasonable assumptions. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

My assumption was that he would hear what Barack and I had to say and then instantly validate all my grievances. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But he hadn’t survived a year of the sun-ravaged world by making assumptions. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I've come a long way from those days when, full of illusion, I lived a public life and attempted to function under the assumption that the world was solid and all the relationships therein. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their commitment to their faith is confounding a long-held assumption that, like earlier generations of Baptists or Pentecostals, prosperous evangelicals would abandon their religious ties or trade them for membership in establishment churches. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

And immediately, on that assumption, the whole case fell into beautiful shining order. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt so stupid, disgusted with myself for making such idiotic assumptions about Julia, about the way things would be in the miles ahead of us. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He surprises me both with the mildness of the statement and with the assumption that I am lying. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A more reasonable assumption might be that we are in the middle, which would make us stupid indeed, compared to life on some of the more advanced planets out there. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eratosthenes’ limpid inference does conceal a few additional assumptions, and some difficulties. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

He said it as an assumption again, not a question. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Jean refused to discuss the matter, on the assumption that it was a man’s business and that she had no need to fill her sparrow’s brain with problems she could not understand. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm not the sort of person normally mistaken for being fast and well-coordinated, and because of this, I found Martin's assumption to be oddly flattering. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. You don’t want people to make assumptions about me.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

There is no reason for you to try to become like white people and there is no basis whatever for their impertinent assumption that they must accept you. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Indigenous nations did not consent to a basic assumption of the Treaty of Paris: that they and their homelands were part of this “United States.” An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

We can be almost certain, then, given these assumptions, that two people chosen at random will be linked, as were the strangers on the business trip, by a chain of at most two intermediates. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, my mom had made assumptions about me and my life, and that had hurt me, pushing me away. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He said, “You understand, Mrs. Johnson, we’re working on the assumption that your brother will contact you. Write or call. Or come to see you.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I hadn’t shared all my troubles with them, and I knew they were terribly concerned that I had gone off to live on my own, but still, their assumptions angered and hurt me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We shall return to this assumption very shortly, because its application finds a direct parallel, believe it or not, with swing in the 1930s. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Making the vain, or rather paranoid, assumption that they might be talking about me, I took a step closer and peered as far as I could risk around the corner. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

You can see how useful this assumption is to a child faced with the extraordinary task of assigning a word to everything in the world. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But more recently a lucky accident uncovered the fact that Friedmann’s assumption is in fact a remarkably accurate description of our universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why was the passage of assumption so threatening? Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Operating on the assumption that, sooner or later, even the toga will make a comeback, he holds on to his clothing and continues to wear things long after they've begun to disintegrate. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

A subsidiary theme, also economic in character but implying grander suspicions, called for what he termed “settlement” to precede assumption. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Without Hugh by my side to translate, every interaction was based upon a series of assumptions. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe then we can begin to fear less, to make fewer wrong assumptions, to let go of the biases and stereotypes that unnecessarily divide us. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But in time, something in Seabiscuit’s demeanor—perhaps a conspicuous lack of sweating in the workouts, perhaps a gleam in the horse’s eye that hinted at devious intelligence—made Fitzsimmons question his assumptions. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A second chance to prove everyone’s assumptions wrong and a second chance to prove to ourselves that we could make it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

"But that assumption—a whole continent of patsies —simply didn't make sense." 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He felt that he couldn’t lie if asked a direct question, and yet if he simply refused to answer, the assumption was that he was hiding something crucial. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

This was a great source of pride for the French, but it was predicated on the assumption that the Earth was a perfect sphere–which Newton now said it was not. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Until Columbus demonstrated that classical geography was hopelessly misconceived, the assumption was that the arguments of the ancients needed to be interpreted, not challenged. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The supercilious assumption was that on Sunday afternoon I had nothing better to do. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The argument rests, of course, on certain assumptions about the core of human beings, and is necessarily speculative. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

For all his contributions, Broadbent’s assumption turned out to be simplistic in much the same way that, before Helmholtz, people thought reaction time was immediate, infinite. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The study also debunked the assumption that white drug dealers deal indoors, making their criminal activity more difficult to detect. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The entire atmosphere surrounding the assumption debate had become electromagnetic. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t you just say that people are making assumptions about you?” she asks. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

One therefore has to make simplifying assumptions and approximations—and even then, the problem of extracting predictions remains a formidable one. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Lawrence responded brusquely to what sounded like Oppie’s assumption of guilt on behalf of scientists everywhere. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to meet anybody,” Aunty Uju said, and there was quiet, as though each of them had to catch their breath, Aunty Uju’s words a gale that tore through their assumptions. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The second assumption is a little more troubling, especially since it seems to contradict the principle of relativity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The old mass proceeded with sure, blind pomp precisely because Catholics had faith in their public identity as Catholics; the old liturgy was ceremonial because of the Church’s assumption that worship is a public event. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In effect, Madison got what he had always demanded: settlement before assumption. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It is these assumptions that are the very core of the Scientific Revolution. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Everything that she, Baby Kochamma, had done, had been premised on one assumption. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The speed with which humor dates is an index of how closely it is wired into a set of shared assumptions—and consequently how bound up with an orator’s ethos appeal. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Hooke, though, told the other two that he could derive all the laws of planetary motion starting out from the assumption of an inverse square law. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

But it was a pretty safe assumption that the answer would be no. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The assumption proposal therefore did them an injustice, by “compelling them, after having done their duty, to contribute to those states who have not equally done their duty.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“When this was first encountered, and I had puzzled over it for all the time I could spare,” Elizebeth wrote, “I decided to make the assumption that it was enciphered code.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I am not now speaking of the popular idea of regimenting people’s thought; I’m speaking of the implicit, almost unconscious, or pre-conscious, assumptions and ideals upon which whole nations and races act and live. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You wish that more cops wouldn’t make assumptions about black people?” she clarifies. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Pure mathematics does indeed deal with certainties, but its applications are only as good as the underlying empirical assumptions, simplifications, and estimations that go into them. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all made fairly strong assumptions about what Martian metabolism had to be like. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we analyze what is going on inside that box, we can make some assumptions. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Milo asked desperately, on the assumption that the giant had been brought up well enough not to talk with a mouthful. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

In that sense, the Terman study underscores the argument Annette Lareau makes, that what your parents do for a living, and the assumptions that accompany the class your parents belong to, matter. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The assumption was that everyone was working toward college, which meant that you never hid your intelligence for fear of someone saying you talked like a white girl. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

What about an approach, an assumption, a concept, a condition, a context, a framework, an issue, a model, a process, a range, a role, a strategy, a tendency, or a variable? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Your arguments will tend to prosper if they are founded on the common assumptions of your audience—or, in special cases, if the audience is minded to defer to your authority. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

If you assume that there is no major change without controversy, then your central assumption is never tested. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I’m not giving people more reasons to make those assumptions about me. Do you see me walking around talking about drugs?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Of course, there are assumptions underlying these phrases which are invalid or meaningless without clarification. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was another fear, a fear that the child, in challenging the white world’s assumptions, was putting himself in the path of destruction. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

But overlaid on top of that are tendencies and assumptions and reflexes handed down to us by the history of the community we grew up in, and those differences are extraordinarily specific. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Classic writing, with its assumption of equality between writer and reader, makes the reader feel like a genius. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The underlying assumption of this position was most openly acknowledged by Charles Cotesworth Pinckney of South Carolina—namely, that “South Carolina and Georgia cannot do without slaves.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know that for sure. It’s dangerous to make assumptions.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

In other words, there needed to be an official estimate of the specific amount each state would have “assumed” and then be obliged to pay in federal taxes before the vote on assumption occurred. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The assumption that the universe looks the same in every direction is clearly not true in reality. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It participates in the pathos appeal inasmuch as it stirs an audience’s emotions to laughter—but more importantly, it participates in the ethos appeal, inasmuch as laughter is based on a set of common assumptions. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I purse my lips to keep from telling him what I think of his assumption as to the nature of my character and inherent needs. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The uncomfortable assumption had begun to dawn on me that maybe this was all some sex-related thing I was better off not knowing. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was the most centrally situated, having led the debate over both assumption and the residence question in the House. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

We now know that whichever direction we look, this noise never varies by more than a tiny fraction: so Penzias and Wilson had unwittingly stumbled across a remarkably accurate confirmation of Friedmann’s first assumption. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rooms don't look dirty to me, and I hate that Ma is making this assumption. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

No explicit articulation of those assumptions had been necessary in a national forum before 1790, because no frontal assault on slavery had been made that required a direct or systematic response. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

John Joly, also of Trinity, decided to give Edmond Halley’s ocean salts idea a whirl, but his method was based on so many faulty assumptions that he was hopelessly adrift. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Important note: When I say I made 50 liters of water, that's an assumption. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I will not pay even one leone. She can walk...and she isn’t my daughter,” he answered gruffly, clearly insulted by the man’s assumption that he had fathered such an ugly child. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

And his assumption that because vague words and insinuations were clear enough for him, they must be perfectly comprehensible to all. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Do you know it wasn’t supposed to be in his personal collection when you found it? Do you have confirmation of that? Or are you making an assumption?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It is attitudes and assumptions, a source of identity, a system of exclusion. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

As instructed, they had prepared for the trip with the assumption that they would not be returning until September. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I like the assumption that everyone is trying his best, and we should all just be kind to each other. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But I've been doing the hydrazine reaction with the assumption that I was using all of it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sincerely be-lieved this and planned my life based on that assumption. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no end to the fear and confusion, the racist assumptions and the rumor-mongering. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun’s earlier assumption—that they were being evacuated by force—seemed to be confirmed. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Virginia's posture toward assumption was now making his prophecy look prescient. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The assumption was that any extraterrestrial intelligence capable of receiving the message would recognize the maths and the science and quickly make sense of the Earth-specific information. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“You took advantage of your club teacher, Elizabeth, and your mother, Sara. That is unacceptable. But I also made some...unfair assumptions.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Blue Team knocked out his microwave towers and cut his fiber-optics lines on the assumption that Red Team would now have to use satellite communications and cell phones and they could monitor his communications. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

This is exactly the type of asinine assumption Jupiter hates. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The new proslavery argument, then, drew on assumptions about the white Anglo-Saxon character of the emerging American nation that were latent but long-standing. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I was sure my son had managed to escape abroad by crossing some border pass or had taken refuge in some embassy, on the assumption that he was being looked for. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The communists I'd known in the past had always operated on the assumption that come the revolution, they'd be the ones lying around party headquarters with clipboards in their hands. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

This might not seem like such a strange assumption, but it is not the way the world seems to work. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

In the rest of this book we will explore these assumptions and difficulties. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Rhetoric is about connecting with an audience; that means finding shared assumptions. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

So I tried to push all those assumptions about escape and sex and stars and planets out of my head. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

We have no scientific evidence for, or against, this assumption. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A peasant living on the assumption that bad years would not come didn’t live long. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s been known to happen on occasion. Particularly when I make assumptions about comic book fans,” I said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

When we look for life on a planet, we are making certain assumptions. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It brought together the old revolutionary rhetoric, even deploying some familiar Jeffersonian language, with all the oppositional energy of the Whig tradition, then hurled it at assumption as the new incarnation of foreign domination. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

We recognize that mobility may be difficult, but the key to our collective self-image is the assumption that mobility is always possible, so failure to move up reflects on one’s character. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“In just a thirty-second discussion, look how easy it is to jump to anger and assumptions. Now let’s take our time and dig a little deeper.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He had lived and acted on the assumption that he was alone, and now he saw that he had not been. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

If they aren’t, you throw out the assumption, sometimes provisionally accepting an alternative hypothesis. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The key insight, possessing the potential to unlock the mystery produced by the contradictory versions of what happened during the duel, is that both sides constructed their explanations around self-serving and misguided assumptions. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It is easy to say that our world has been made by science or by technology, but scientific and technological progress depend on a pre-existing assumption, the assumption that there are discoveries to be made. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The Cairo airport was where scores of Hajj groups were becoming Muhrim, pilgrims, upon entering the state of Ihram, the assumption of a spiritual and physical state of consecration. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried not to squirm at his proximity and his assumption that I would be fine with it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The officers made a series of critical misjudgments, beginning with the assumption that a man getting a breath of fresh air outside his own home was a potential criminal. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Working on the assumption that the troll and human physiques were basically the same, he rained blow after blow on the dumb creature, reducing it to a heap of quivering fur in so many seconds. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

They believed the suspects were operating under the assumption that the girls knew more than they really did about the dead man’s drug dealings. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Operate on the assumption that he isn’t dead. He’s a valued prisoner, one they don’t want falling into the wrong hands before he stands trial. Where would he be?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Minute changes in baseline assumptions produce wildly different results. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Learning that they attempted to negotiate with the settlers, wearing European-style suits and addressing Congress in the assumption of good faith—and were repeatedly lied to and betrayed—enrages her. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Although battle was to be engaged on the question of the existence of spirits, the assumption was that it was really the existence of God that was at stake. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Given the assumption that experiments would be carried out with technical perfection, the vaccine was a sure thing. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you would just listen to the song—it’s not what they made it out to be, I swear. It’s about playing into their assumptions about me.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Is this enough evidence to warrant rejecting an assumption that the subject does not have ESP? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The assumption was that the project would concentrate its efforts on defending affirmative action. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Which is to say I have to deal with all the sexist expectations, stereotypes, and assumptions that all girls face plus all the racist expectations, stereotypes, and assumptions about my blackness. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Libby's method was also based on the assumption that the amount of carbon-14 in the atmosphere, and the rate at which it has been absorbed by living things, has been consistent throughout history. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

First: there are no sacred truths; all assumptions must be critically examined; arguments from authority are worthless. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Therefore, it was necessary that I develop a new form of simulation to which they are not immune. I have been forced to reassess my own assumptions. That is where you come in.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But in order to predict these positions correctly, Ptolemy had to make an assumption that the moon followed a path that sometimes brought it twice as close to the earth as at other times. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their straightforward, even brash demeanor, with its implicit assumption that everyone was on the same social level, enchanted him. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

In those two years she challenged many assumptions I had taken for granted. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I was struck most forcefully by the discrepancy between my old assumptions and my actual experience. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet this strategy is predicated on the assumption that everyone will have a continuous supply of bottled oxygen above 24,000 feet. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Even there, people were ready to make assumptions about me based on how I looked. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Friedmann made two very simple assumptions about the universe: that the universe looks identical in whichever direction we look, and that this would also be true if we were observing the universe from anywhere else. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, but I’ve had people make assumptions about me because I’m black.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Again, the assumption was that God had given us eyes that were, when healthy, quite good enough for our purposes. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

We dismissed our advocates under the correct assumption that an accused, in the absence of representation, would be permitted to address the court. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The assumption is that the convecting fluids in the Earth act somehow like the currents in wires. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

There is no reason for you to try to become like white people and there is no basis whatever for their impertinent assumption that they must accept you. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Eventually he let me go on the assumption that I was some wayward orphan, because what mother would send her ten-year-old child to jail? Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I run the letters through my mind several more times, to make sure my assumption is correct. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

One of the key assumptions of Eratosthenes’ measurement of the earth’s circumference—that the planet is spherical—would have been reinforced in his mind even before he set foot on Egyptian soil. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

In fact, the ongoing debate on the assumption and residency questions was set aside for the entire day as the House put itself into committee of the whole to permit unencumbered debate on the petitions. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The problem arose because the ordinary assumptions of statistical mechanics—the laws of physics—did not lead Planck to his formula. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Such experiences created the assumption that the very smallest creatures were as complex as the largest, and had the same sorts of organs. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Preschoolers make a number of assumptions about words and their meaning as they acquire language, one of the most important of which is what the psychologist Ellen Markman calls the principle of mutual exclusivity. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately it accomplished nothing because the first assumption was wrong: it was not laziness in either of them. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had not Madison himself advocated the assumption of state debts on several occasions in the 1780s? Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Even with conservative assumptions about the rate of paleo-Indian expansion, the destructive front would reach the Gulf of Mexico in three to five centuries. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Let us proceed under the assumption that the fairy folk do exist, and that I am not a gibbering moron.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

But we made an assumption here—that there is a 50-50 chance that God exists. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It seemed odd that Holmes would go to the trouble of moving to a second hotel, but Geyer knew from experience that making assumptions about the behavior of criminals was always a dangerous thing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Class contradicts their assumptions about the American dream, equal opportunity, and the reasons for their own successes and even failures. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Yet the assumption that Lawrence and Teller would work together in unalloyed harmony turned out to be an instance of hope triumphing over reality. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

A commonplace is a piece of shared wisdom: a tribal assumption. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

You can imagine them all thinking furiously, trying to square their assumption of where the plane is with what their instruments are telling them. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

As they moved from discipline to discipline, the new scientists carried with them a set of assumptions about how to construct new knowledge. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He had been forged as a weapon for the aid of man, on the assumption that men were good. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In particular, notice that some symbols, such as the 11minus11 sign and the triangle, can refer to different chords, depending on the assumptions of the person who wrote the symbol. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Madison did need to come up with at least three votes on assumption—here Jefferson's account is accurate—and eventually four members switched their votes, all of them congressmen from districts bordering on the Potomac. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

All the other experiments made specific assumptions about gases that would be given off or taken in by the microbes, assumptions that were little more than guesses. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is another unspoken assumption at work here that goes something like this. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But of course it was based ... on assumptions that were totally false. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

What is this assumption that the hungry are free all day to drive around visiting “community action centers” and charitable agencies? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thing was that she didn’t make any assumptions. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Mr. Schmidt always says—” “‘Challenge ideas, assumptions,’” we groan. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Even so, inhabiting the body of a woman still subjects The Doctor to patriarchally imposed rules and assumptions on Earth. Before the first female 007 debuts, Jodie Whittaker's "Doctor Who" gets into the spy game 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z

If you’re of a certain age, you were probably assigned Crane’s “Red Badge of Courage” in high school — partly in recognition of its genuine greatness and partly on the mistaken assumption that it’s antiwar. Opposites Attract: Paul Auster Meets Stephen Crane 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z

There is an assumption that the basic alteration is a matter of turning the faith that Jesus himself held into a faith about him. Christian Beginnings by Geza Vermes - review 2012-07-11T07:00:02Z

The opening scene in Combinations, a film designed to challenge viewers' assumptions about Muslims. Film challenges extremism by and against British Muslims 2012-12-25T13:00:01Z

There was a near unanimous assumption by teachers I spoke to across all school systems that male students should be steered away from overtly gendered literary experiences. We can see the gender bias of all-boys’ schools by the books they study in English 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z

"We all reconsidered our old assumption we would end together," says Drucker. Last chance to see original Emerson String Quartet in Seattle 2012-09-26T21:56:03Z

Theatrical satire is premised on the assumption that dramatic literature as performed by live actors is at least sometimes capable of creating larger human value. Is Theater Ridiculous? Movies, TV and Books Seem to Think So 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z

Jobs’s behavior also confirms equally deep assumptions about the ultimate virtue of ruthlessness in the capitalist economy. Review: ‘Steve Jobs,’ Apple’s Visionary C.E.O. Dissected 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

We're off to the borders of the North Sea, a setting which stpauli says is "brought convincingly to life without sentimentality or lazy assumptions". Reader reviews roundup 2012-12-14T16:12:56Z

The blue-rinsers work on a simple but watertight assumption: that everybody trusts an old person. The Hard Sell: Wonga 2012-07-06T23:05:00Z

The book’s weakest moments lie in its armchair assumptions about Robbins’s various inner demons. The Latest in Jazz, the Genius of Jerome Robbins, and Bernhardt vs. Duse 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z

It’s usually not a slip of the tongue — but a wrongheaded assumption about gender, roles and sexual orientation. Why media coverage of LGBT Olympic athletes is ‘simply unacceptable’ 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z

But you see the same dynamic in politics, where voters not only have different positions but also subscribe to different basic assumptions, defining the truth as whatever the enemy claims is false. Why ‘The People v. O.J. Simpson’ Matters Now 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z

More fundamentally, “Maestro” suffers from the problem of theatrical Great Man-itis: the assumption that someone famous need only show up in faint caricature to be inherently stage-worthy. Review: In ‘Maestro,’ a Downbeat Look at the Great Toscanini 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

There is a popular assumption that comedians develop a sense of humor in response to a trying childhood. 9 Things We Learned From Jerry Seinfeld's Netflix Special 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z

Today he is back to question another assumption. Motherlode: Teaching Children to Do Good 2011-04-11T16:48:18Z

“Richard III” was a natural choice for that treatment, and whenever Mr. Lew’s update questions or complicates Shakespeare’s assumptions, even if that means departing from his template, it is riveting. Review: In a Teenage Take on ‘Richard III,’ Now Is the Prom of Our Discontent 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

The assumption of innocence is the foundation of American justice. Why do we fumble over athletes and rape accusations? 2014-04-16T19:12:00Z

If I returned to that moment, reliving the fear of my parents imminent divorce, confusedly reassembling my assumptions about my idyllic childhood, would Karr read my memoir of suburban semi-angst? The Art of the Boring Memoir 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

Despite the assumption of some audience members that “Mad Men” had broken its music-licensing budget for the season on this one song, Mr. Weiner said this was not the case. ArtsBeat: How 'Mad Men' Landed The Beatles: All You Need Is Love (and $250,000) 2012-05-07T21:56:36Z

Given the theme of synergy of natural beauty, exercise. and soulful rapture elsewhere in the article, the assumption that physical and spiritual pursuits are somehow zero-sum here is odd, and maybe a little offensive. In Boulder, Where Inner Peace Meets Outer Beauty 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

In her guileless behavior and easy acceptance of the kindness of strangers, we are prompted to question our assumptions about whom we should trust, and why. | 'Little Girl (La Pivellina)': ?La Pivellina? by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel - Review 2011-08-31T21:26:27Z

It is also inextricably linked with the racist assumptions that they used to justify dehumanizing and displacing thousands, and ultimately millions, of innocent people. “Autumn of the Black Snake” tells the story of America’s first war 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z

Yet one of the less noticed aspects of this film is how cleverly it subverts the assumptions of the first. Why the "Terminator" series matters 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

Her assumption allowed her subjects’ singularity to grow in her presence, the way listening stirs the possibility for deeper conversations that otherwise won’t get heard. Witnessing with Mary Ellen Mark 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

Well, since we’re talking about assumptions, I thought it would be worthwhile mentioning a book called Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends by Michael White and David Epston. Relationship advice: Forget Venus and Mars 2012-09-04T12:00:00Z

It's like trying to find the truth by surveying YouTube, and it toys with a player's own assumptions and biases. Head games in 'Her Story' will make you feel almost like a true detective 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z

That single event prefaced the disintegration of our solid faith in government, fathering the now pervasive and enervating assumption that we no longer have control over our economic of political destiny. We can’t forget John F. Kennedy’s assassination 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z

Rampicante simply means “climbing” in Italian, but an assumption of “rampant” in this case is more than justified. A wandering squash for next year’s list

But that judgment masks an unexamined assumption that punctuality is obviously the only meaningful temporal standard, which different cultures observe or ignore to differing degrees. Members of the Uptighterati hate lateness: are we wrong? | Oliver Burkeman 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z

First of all, there is this lazy assumption that a few posts on an Amazon page are in some way equivalent to a book review. Is Amazon's literary whodunnit really a scandal? 2010-04-19T12:01:00Z

It’s too knotted up with assumptions and implicit judgments that are better stated outright. When Thin and Bitter Are Welcome Wine Words 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

“Saying that the late Schumann was a sick Schumann, mentally and spiritually weak, is an assumption which is dangerous,” he said. 10 Hours Gives Us (Almost) All of Schumann’s Songs 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

By the time Anaïs and Emilie are walking on a beach gazing at each other, the movie has revealed itself and perhaps tweaked your assumptions, including about women. ‘Anaïs in Love’ Review: Portrait of a Woman on the Run 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z

Once again, the assumption that an audience is male and heterosexual is challenged and overturned. Deadpool: the pansexual superhero who has never had a non-heterosexual experience 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

The Connecticut home-front drama is like “Big Little Lies,” but without the assumption that the other upscale moms, against whom Jean chafes, are complex people. Review: ‘Gypsy’ and the Problem of Well-Made Bad TV 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z

But the assumption that there are endless riches in a museum’s storage rooms just waiting to be tapped is unrealistic. Perspective | This is how bad things are for museums: They now have a green light to sell off their art 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z

“The gender got changed by the historians who were making particular kinds of gender assumptions about who played and who danced,” says Tucker. Essence Music Fest: The World’s Only All-Female Brass Band Takes the Stage 2012-07-09T15:00:32Z

That’s the assumption, at least, when I look at the mortality figures from the CDC, which reveal death en masse from opiate toxicity. “I should be among the dead”: Young, white, and economically advantaged, I was hungry for meaning and found heroin instead 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z

The very element that earned the show critical acclaim attracted passionate, angry criticism, which is the script's assumption that popular culture is a common language transcending race and socioeconomic status. "Reservation Dogs" creator on evolving the show's representation & storytelling: "It's not finished" 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z

Naturally, the comments section was full of people who grumbled about the study’s conclusions and assumptions. Don’t feel guilty about not keeping up with new music: The bands you loved as a kid can still be your favorites 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z

The classical programme, despite the presence of the Seoul Philharmonic and performances of contemporary Asian works, is more given over examination of the Orientalist assumptions of composers working in the west. Das Paradies und die Peri ? review 2011-08-14T17:15:00Z

The same assumptions that indeed lead many managerial Americans, even fellow Southerners, to pay such speakers smaller salaries, to hire them less frequently. The all of “y’all”: On finally embracing my voice, country twang and everything 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z

DK: No the assumption is that there was a campaign of misinformation along the line to getting this thing pushed. Tribune interview with Rahm Emanuel 2012-02-12T13:12:00Z

“Normally the assumption is you keep quiet, you keep cashing checks and you keep it moving. That’s the hardest thing to navigate, when you don’t feel that way,” he says. John Boyega isn’t going to ‘take the money and shush’ 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z

However, once the fighting ends, the finale bucks Scorsese's assumptions about superhero titles and returns to the attributes that make "WandaVision" such a wonder. "WandaVision" concludes by giving Martin Scorsese the MCU film he always wanted 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z

Having gone to Churchill on the assumption that polar bears were one missed meal away from extinction, I was surprised to find that worldwide population numbers were confusing and controversial. Polar bears just might outlive us all 2012-12-30T16:00:00Z

The assumption goes that it's a boozy, thrilling free-for-all, where brilliant ideas pour continuously out of the mouths of equally brilliant people. Louie is finally coming to the UK 2013-01-19T06:00:00Z

Today, the old verse-format assumptions have largely gone out the window, and the role of the m.c. not infrequently involves rapping and singing in some kind of combination. Hip-Hop’s New Wave of Lyricism 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z

Basically, some very wrong assumptions—creation in various forms and the notion of a young Earth—had been replaced with the right ones. Evolution, but different: Adventures of a Darwin-doubting botanist 2014-01-12T15:00:00Z

I’d heard about guys feeling threatened by their girlfriend’s toys, but I always made certain assumptions about them. Is my vibrator ruining my relationship? 2012-12-29T23:00:00Z

Wearing, though, is unconvinced: “Often it amounts to little more than ‘crying while shooting’, where the critiques are fairly superficial and leave many deeper assumptions untouched.” ‘There are no black people on GoT’: why is fantasy TV so white? 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z

Yes, when we all had the blithe assumption that houses would always rise in value, that bankers were always going to get £3m bonuses. Rachel Johnson: 'The "Boris's sister" thing pisses me off' 2012-11-11T00:05:25Z

The assumptions that go along with the mechanisms are sex, death, and finite resources. Sex’s feel-good evolution: Charles Darwin’s erotic shocker 2014-03-09T20:00:00Z

Now, the actions of the two isolationist presidents are coloured by the widespread assumption that one covertly helped to secure the inauguration of the other. Creed 2: how will a Russia-baiting Rocky sequel play in Trump's America? 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z

Their recognition at the Oscars helps to push beyond any assumptions that the medium’s sole virtue is to serve as a vehicle for children-oriented narratives. Animation That’s More Than Kids’ Stuff 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z

Her assumption from her encapsulated viewpoint is that only she has the vision and the means to use her might wisely. A divine interlude in the tunnel of love: "Watchmen" and the intersection of comic books and faith 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z

The precautionary assumptions are used to ensure that the public is protected. How safe is it to drink rainwater? 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z

But ever so quietly, we are starting to see the rise and success of a competing vision, one that turns the old assumption on its head. Will Walmart eat L.A.? 2012-06-26T19:39:00Z

My friend Sally, meanwhile, had little say in the matter: “My designer cut my dress too small on the assumption I’d lose weight due to stress,” she says. When weddings attack: adventures of a modern bride 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z

So it was that the deed had to be replayed as a paranoid narrative; the assumption being that there must be a conspiracy behind appearances that makes them make sense. Assassination at the movies 2012-10-04T07:00:02Z

This, in fact, is the assumption woven into the bipartisan federal stimulus bill and President Obama’s new budget, both of which target transportation dollars to building roads. NH post office cuts hours 2012-06-25T15:30:00Z

Because there were certain assumptions I always made about Czechoslovakia under communism, and I'm now wondering whether those assumptions were actually true. The battle for a free Belarus 2011-04-03T23:05:00Z

In a departure from the usual cinematic practice that amounts to a critique of prevailing assumptions about the power of visual representation, Mr. Diaz insists that words can carry meaning more effectively than pictures. Review: ‘The Woman Who Left’ Is an Epic, Intimate Tale of Injustice 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z

The real pleasure of the new novel lies not so much in solving the mystery of the massacre as in watching Turow knock down assumption after assumption made by Boom — and the reader. 30 years after ‘Presumed Innocent,’ Scott Turow still thrills with ‘Testimony’ 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z

"There's an assumption historically that somehow, universally, everybody loves the lived experience of men," Winstead told Salon. Why women really don’t get to host late-night TV 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z

I don’t want to continually replicate images of Black folks working — the assumptions of the Black body as a body for work. A DNA Test Led Yashua Klos to New Connections and New Art 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z

Another thing that's really interesting about this is there's this automatic assumption that it's all about the male gaze. "How to Fix a Pageant" director on 2022 Miss USA scandal: "It was clear something was not right" 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z

That’s the kindest assumption, and it’s the assumption with which to start. Ask Amy: Reader finds faith queries offensive 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z

One is reflexively equating excitement or artistic courage with violence, an assumption that, with every new iteration, is becoming more and more played out. Perspective | The ‘Rust’ scene that Alec Baldwin was rehearsing strikes a familiar and played-out chord 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z

It fosters an assumption that reluctance is normal and pushing is required; if a woman suddenly retreats or freezes, that is par for the course. Carnality and consent: how to navigate sex in the modern world 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z

“The troika have had to do some arithmetic gymnastics in order to make the numbers add up but their optimistic assumptions are unlikely to hold.” Myths explain Greece 2012-06-25T15:15:00Z

Rocky reiterated the ways in which he thought the Heavy Hitters had botched their methodology and made biased assumptions. Polar bears just might outlive us all 2012-12-30T16:00:00Z

But Ferrell fits uncannily well into Carver country, and in this small but sturdy film, he challenges any assumption that he might be limited to comedy. Everything Must Go: Will Ferrell, at Home in Carver Country 2011-05-12T09:10:00Z

Maudslay, incidentally, contradicts the politically correct assumption that Victorian adventurers were mere colonial exploiters. Mayan art: waiting for the end of the world 2012-12-20T13:26:00Z

But the assumption that origins have to come first, and have to be central, seems like it frequently leads film-makers into unforced errors. Pulling punches: why origin stories keep superhero films from soaring 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z

In her clear, concise prose, Chung makes the personal political, tackling everything from America’s crushingly unjust health care system to the country’s gauzy assumptions about adoption, a practice that is itself rooted in economic inequality. A Transcendent Memoir About Family, Class and the Contours of Loss 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z

But there’s enough in Honey Boo Boo to see what the producers feel will be the attraction of the show–the trainwreck, freakshow aspects–and to be creeped out by that assumption. The Morning After: Honey Boo Boo Don’t Care 2012-08-09T14:36:08Z

About the issues of diversity, equity and inclusion that organizations of all kinds were addressing, but also aesthetic assumptions, implicit biases and longstanding practices particular to ballet and its history. Black in Ballet: Coming Together After Trying to ‘Blend Into the Corps’ 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z

“I want to make cider that will change people’s assumption that wine goes best with food” he said. The Hard-Cider Craze Will Get a Hard-Core Pub 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

She urged that the three not be extradited to the Netherlands, saying `'the arrests were based on assumptions and on simple declarations and these are not enough. Lawyer: No proof to charge Romanians for art theft 2013-01-25T12:45:13Z

You could break the silence in your household by telling your husband that you are struggling to forgive him for his extremely unfair assumption about you. Perspective | Ask Amy: Irish dancing leads to an uncomfortable jig 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z

And there was an assumption that I was Jewish, even though it’s a German name. Michael Schultz Broke the Mold for Black Directors. He’s Not Done Yet. 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z

Men, goes the assumption, are serious about the art. Why does Bruce Springsteen make middle-aged men behave like teenagers at their first pop show? 2012-06-21T09:34:56Z

I wanted to investigate whether teaching practices beyond content selection were influenced by gender assumptions in all-male environments. We can see the gender bias of all-boys’ schools by the books they study in English 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z

During the course of the next hour and a half, Fonda's character throws reasonable doubt over one piece of evidence after another, reversing each of the men's assumptions, until they reach the opposite verdict. Louise Doughty: rereading the best courtroom dramas 2013-06-21T18:00:01Z

There is a pressing need for greater understanding of the nature of those interests, and the assumptions underpinning Kremlin policy. Unraveling the Putin Enigma 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z

For many years, industry executives say, the assumption was that if you were reading a book about gay people, you yourself were gay. ‘I Just Want Something That’s Gay and Happy’: L.G.B.T.Q. Romance Is Booming 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z

The underlying sentiment of these assumptions almost always came with pity for being born inside the cradle of the Confederacy. Damn right, I come from Alabama: The symbolic and historic importance of the Alabama Sweet Tea Party 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z

The misguided assumption that rural America is hopelessly backward and bigoted erases centuries of same-sex relationships in rural communities. How gay rodeos upend assumptions about life in rural America 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z

The split screens, blending of truth and fiction, layering of sound and saturation of images are meant to dizzy or destabilize the viewer and to upend assumptions. At Hammer Museum's 'Made in L.A.' biennial, Martine Syms makes her moment 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z

She was spared the brutality of southern segregation; she learned to navigate a much subtler set of tacit rules and assumptions. A world apart 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

Empathy and complexity are the goals of this secular liturgy, which challenges us to see through stereotypes, to reject received wisdom, to question authority and to interrogate the assumptions and blind spots of justice. Embattled and emboldened: Arts and culture in the age of Trump 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

The outfit alone was likely to sway the jury toward an assumption of guilt. In Court, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard Dress to Suggest 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z

Instead, Mr. Lelio starts from the assumption that there is plenty of story material in the act of falling in love, in having children, in just getting up in the morning. At Toronto, Women Who Are Shockingly, Thrillingly Human 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

Unsurprisingly, Rubery unpacks troubling deeper prejudices behind the assumptions that there is a "right way" and a "wrong way" to read. Salon's favorite books of 2022 — fiction and nonfiction 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z

The pandemic broke open many of our assumptions about how to act in public, or even while alone. New & Noteworthy, From Russian Satire to the Comet Apocalypse 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z

A new form of biographical criticism flourishes in books like Phyllis Rose’s beloved “Parallel Lives,” which treat a writer’s work as continuous with his private life, detecting the mythologies and political assumptions governing both. A Rebellious Victorian Woman Rescued From History’s Shadows 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z

This crisp vision, which has been successful in the fenced tracts of South Africa, relies upon assumptions of long-term stability. What We Mourned When We Mourned Cecil 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z

But such assumptions could not be farther from the truth. Sylvester Stallone on the Weakest Link in ‘Creed’: Himself 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z

"Our analysis is not meant to be dismissive but to urge caution against any implicit assumption that plant-based offers food futures that are better for the environment, health and animal welfare." "Dairy Pride" and "soy boys": The heated identity politics of non-dairy milk 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z

For your consideration: Colman won a British Academy Television Award for lead actress earlier this year for her role as a detective forced to question all assumptions about her town in "Broadchurch." Who will get an Emmy nomination in the drama acting categories? 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

But much of the show’s humor comes from subverting the viewer’s assumptions. Fran Drescher in “The Nanny” Is the Fashion Look This Fall 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z

What's even more worrying is that these figures were based on the assumption that a deposit is already secured. Is your relationship status pricing you out of the housing market? 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

As a general rule, movie reboots proceed from a basic assumption about interest and familiarity — that audiences adore some bygone franchise, and will be eager to see it resuscitated. ‘Chip ’n Dale: Rescue Rangers’ Review: Remember Them? (No?) 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z

What incorrect assumptions am I inviting the reader of my Manifesto to infer from my stated affiliations? The Total Transparency Manifesto: Not So Fast 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z

The assumption behind Dean Gardens, or the Soane house, is that there is a close alignment of form and content: that if a mansion represents happy family life, such life will take place within it. The inescapable power of architecture 2012-08-11T23:05:42Z

According to her friend Andrew Ward, now in the psychology department at Swarthmore College, “the working assumption in those years was that happy people were rationalizing all the time.” Happiness Inc. 2013-04-19T23:30:21Z

This assumption made it common for editors to palm off parts of the “Henry VI” plays, which have often been deemed crude and faulty, on other playwrights, like Thomas Nashe or George Peele. The Radical Argument of the New Oxford Shakespeare 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

It may have been the thought of a Radio 4 audience, and the assumption that it might not know about Tosh, but Letts read the script flatly, sucking the very life out of it. Arise Black Man: the Peter Tosh Story ? review 2010-11-24T07:59:00Z

So the forecast is objective, but the way people look at probabilities is very contingent on what their assumptions are. Nate Silver: ‘There were some models that gave Trump as little as a 1 or 2 percent chance’ of winning in 2016 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z

Martin really explores genre assumptions, sexist assumptions, & basically roles we have in our society, unspoken & spoken, & what happens if you try to break out. ‘Game of Thrones’ Has Moved Past Its Blueprint, and That’s a Good Thing 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z

Two new releases from genre veterans look to challenge that assumption. Tiesto and Deadmau5 make full albums, stretch attention spans 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z

One chapter takes an uncomfortable look at the racial assumptions baked into a Merriam-Webster definition of the color term “nude.” A Journey Into the Merriam-Webster Word Factory 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z

A complex net of laws and policies, from intellectual property rights to producer subsidies and tax benefits, have flowed from this basic assumption. Innovation Far Removed From the Lab 2011-02-10T00:12:30Z

Was the common assumption that these women were laudably claiming their independence from men, too? Christopher Columbus Syndrome strikes again: No, white women did not “discover” single motherhood 2014-04-25T16:30:00Z

“I‘m sorry for keeping you in the dark through all the assumptions,” Jenner wrote. Celebrity Kylie Jenner announces birth of baby girl 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z

No, this isn’t an Edward Albee play, though that’s an understandable assumption to make. In Four Audio Plays, No Stages but Lots of New Voices 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z

Whatever I decide, it boils down to one question: if I was secure in myself and in who I am, why would I care what assumptions are made about me based on my bra size? Getting it off my chest: life with big breasts 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z

That all of the men in Ra’s play are gay fuels his confrontation with the assumptions and limitations heaped on them because they are Black. ‘… What the End Will Be’ Review: Learning to Let Go 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z

Along with their newly aroused interest go several assumptions, the keystone of those being that I’ve personally done everything I’ve ever written about. I’m a smut-smith, not a nympho: Stop thinking I’m sex-crazed because I write hot sex scenes 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z

The issue with “In Praise of Walking” is O’Mara’s assumption that how good an activity may be for us is the most essential measure of its worth. How Walking Changes Us 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z

It blows apart some key assumptions, shattering the uptight ballet-dancer stereotype and airing weighty artistic differences between Mearns and her creative team, which we hear in voice mails that accompany the film. Perspective | The best dance, on your laptop: Young risk-takers are going outdoors to create short, raw films 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z

And in her introduction, Hardwick wrote, “The aggressiveness of the essay is the assumption of the authority to speak in one’s own voice.” Revealing and Obscuring Myself on the Streets of New York 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

For a long time, the assumption was yes. How Working From Home Changed Wardrobes Around the World 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z

But the encounters in "Trick or Treat" prove the conventional assumption that the older we get, the more set in our ways we become. "And Just Like That" the sex is back in the city, midlife edition 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z

An assumption persists that longer works have more range and ambition, as if depth were a function of backside penance. Oh, the dreaded intermission: Long plays at a time when shorter is sweeter 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z

We were promised a hot vaxx summer — with wild assumptions about what that might mean — but it never materialized; instead, we got a fiery inferno on a body of water. The Year in Limbo 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z

Interesting that “the writer” is configured as male — an assumption that Ferrante claws into at other points in the book. ‘In the Margins’ Offers a Path Into Elena Ferrante’s Mind 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z

Edwards pushes back on those assumptions with her statements and her image. From clear scripts to big-name casting, the Jan. 6 hearings meet the standards of must-see TV 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z

The common assumption is that we are counting the minutes until we get back out there, to hurtle into jubilant mobs like Carnival revelers. We Want Our Friends Back! (But Which Ones?) 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z

But this logic was based on an unconsidered assumption, which is that the most meaningful way to measure carbon is by the square mile. Stop climate change: Move to the city, start walking 2012-11-03T19:00:00Z

The practice of a physician denying a patient surgery on the assumption that a woman will change her mind about wanting children is common. Women Who Said No to Motherhood 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z

I then made the seemingly-safe assumption that Studio Canal, the film’s UK distributor, probably wouldn’t be laminating my work and calling me for a quote. How my negative review of Legend was spun into movie marketing gold 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z

As long as the restaurant business is examining its assumptions about the way it operates, maybe it is time to ask whether experience in famous kitchens is overrated. Where the Grits Shimmer with Vegan Butter 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z

Seeing as he was the one who brought up the wager in the first place the only logical assumption is that he agreed to the terms. Zero Dark Thirty Filmmakers Defend Their Story of Osama at the D.C. Premiere 2013-01-10T16:13:13Z

In addition to reinforcing some unhealthy assumptions about masculinity, discussion about such matters seems to equate irrelevant physical characteristics with the capacity to be an effective leader. Stormy Daniels and Trump’s “endowment”: Why do we even care? 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z

This leads to assumptions – which are quite wrong – about the realistic approach of people who opt for a degree in business or law, say, versus the dreamers and slackers who choose something creative. Creative education: is now the time for realism or optimism? 2013-06-17T10:06:55Z

The letter goes on to say that any characterization of Aunt Marge as “unpleasant” was based on a faulty assumption. How My Aunt Marge Ended Up in the Deep Freeze . . . 2012-04-14T20:06:48Z

Tran’s also extraordinary in this regard, illustrating the tinges of guilt resulting from slights and assumptions visited upon her by those living in unspoken expectation that they might relapse, mainly her mother. “Sorry for Your Loss,” an honest and real show about grief, actually uses Facebook for good 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z

Much of the American ideology, our shared and usually unspoken assumptions, is hyper-individualistic. Farmers? sand-frac nightmare 2012-05-21T16:31:00Z

“And my marriage fell apart. I had to question all of my assumptions up to that point, and they all seemed weak and unhelpful and misleading.” Diane Williams, a Master of the Very Short Story, Has a Very Big New Book 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

Your assumption that he could easily find work may be wrong, for example, or perhaps your close-knit family treats him as an interloper, and you haven’t noticed. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A spouse yearns to move closer to family, but goes years without speaking up 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z

When Bernard rebuffs that assumption, a dejected Ford leaves Bernard to kill himself, losing his partner for a second time. ‘Westworld’ Season 1, Episode 9: You Broke My Mind 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z

There is a broad assumption that festival noise pollution is one way in its flow – the late-night revellers returning to their canvas before dawn. Festivals are no place for children 2010-08-27T10:33:00Z

Now is the time to recalibrate the default assumptions of American political discourse. Now Is the Time to Talk About What We Are Actually Talking About 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z

“The assumption,” Coupe adds, “was that everyone would be complaining, saying, ‘I don’t want to be filmed.’ The UW mixes art and science with worldwide talent 2014-03-05T21:10:38Z

But these characters dispel, or at least modulate, those assumptions.  In 'Moana,' Disney sets sail with another female protagonist 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z

An obvious assumption about a concept record, especially when it bears the name of a highly acclaimed rock guitarist, is that it will advance its story through lyric-driven rock and roll or folk music. A Brooklyn gentrification soundtrack: Kraz's "Telescope," a timely New York story 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z

But one could argue that she is first and foremost examining what it means to be an artist, under the assumption that even artists’ most quotidian practices, including cooking and eating, inform their work. How to Make Salad Into Art 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z

You just cannot safely make assumptions about a person’s sexual identity, so don’t even try. The 10 best lessons I learned as a sex writer 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z

A version of you that is wiser, tougher, more empathetic, less tempted by easy assumptions, wider awake: That’s a possible outcome for you, from all of this. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: After discovering the affair, you’ll discover how strong you truly are 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z

Throughout, Shteyngart emphasizes that, immigrants or not, each one of his characters has been displaced not just from their coddled cosmopolitan settings but also from the assumption of safety. Review | Gary Shteyngart’s ‘Our Country Friends’ is the darkly brilliant comedy we need right now 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z

Remember too the historical assumption of ceramic vessels as anthropomorphic. Kathy Butterly's rapturous little reckonings in clay at Shoshana Wayne 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

The CBO’s view appears to make generous assumptions about future economic growth, given the law’s substantial tax hikes and the overall condition of the economy. CBO Guesstimates that Obamacare Will Cover 3 Million Less People after the Supreme Court, Saving $84 Billion 2012-07-24T19:15:10Z

Yes, these eight brave women disagree, even caustically sometimes, but they also listen and forgive and move on as they constantly circle around the question at hand, define their terms and challenge their assumptions. Review | More than 100 women were raped by their neighbors for years — but no one would believe them. 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z

One thing that hasn’t changed, at least among critics, is the tenacity of the auteur idea: the assumption that film is above all a director’s art. Is Sight and Sound’s List of 100 Greatest Films Too Tasteful? 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z

That these assumptions were deferred to by others was a great help in fending off challenges to power; Pip’s admiration of “greatness” was a general malady. Patrick Melrose and the Fall of the English Élite 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

Pundits say this with a smirk: The humor stems entirely from the assumption that we share their upper-class urban backgrounds. Outgrowing the cosmetic left: A liberal plea for fake liberalism to grow up 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z

Above all, Hartle said, Hawking is able to see past mental clutter, discard assumptions and catch hold of undiscovered truths. Stephen Hawking honored at NYC science, arts gala 2010-06-03T01:15:00Z

“Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies” proceeds from the assumption that changing technology drives artistic innovation. | 'Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies': The Founders of Cubism, Ardent Fans of Film 2010-05-27T23:16:00Z

Test your daughter’s assumptions, and your own, before venturing an opinion. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: The parents of her daughter’s friend cut her out. What can Mom do? 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z

As for the pervasiveness of gun culture in Chicago, Waithe offers the show as a corrective to what she calls “the false assumption that it’s a bunch of dumb black males playing cowboys and Indians.” ‘The Chi’ portrays a city grappling with gun violence — and carrying on despite it 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z

I happen to agree with a lot of what he says here, but I fear he will mostly persuade those who share his assumptions already. ‘The Road to Character,’ by David Brooks 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z

I read to have my assumptions challenged, to be scared, to cry. Slap author Christos Tsiolkas takes swipe at 'dry' European fiction 2010-08-15T17:58:00Z

The Sudden Departure scrambled assumptions about morality, but it also wrecked the idea that rationality and logic govern human life. 'The Leftovers' Recap: Laws of Human Nature, Interrupted -- or, The Case of the Disappearing Bagel 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z

This appears to be the case even on the most optimistic assumptions about current rates of species extinctions, which may be occurring 10,000 times faster than the normal “background rate” of extinction. It’s the end of the world and we know it: Scientists in many disciplines see apocalypse, soon 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z

When they deny it, follow up with: “Silly assumption, right?” Social Q?s: The Gift of Kindness 2010-07-09T16:12:00Z

If anything, he seems more interested in unpacking assumptions built into such tales, and why we seem to have an endless appetite for stories that, presumably, should make us feel terrible. Jonathan Lethem Imagines a World Where Technology Stops Working 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z

It’s a moment of sweeping vision but also of quiet clarity, that is only startling because it cuts against commonly held assumptions with the clean edge of lived experience. Wallace Stegner and the Conflicted Soul of the West 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z

But let us use Walker's assumption that Israel is indeed an apartheid state. Alice Walker's The Color Purple should be read in Israel 2012-06-22T12:59:33Z

“They were all liberal, and a few of us weren’t, so they made an assumption that I support Trump,” she said, and that was that. The Secret Life of Amazon’s Vine Reviewers 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z

As American politics looks increasingly dysfunctional, Mr. Friedman and Mr. Mandelbaum show great courage in casting aside conventional assumptions. Books of The Times: ?That Used to Be Us? by Friedman and Mandelbaum - Review 2011-10-02T21:07:08Z

In Plato’s dialogue, the “guardians” are put through a rigorous philosophical training, not least on the assumption that they will also be the rulers of an ideally just society. “American Sniper” Takes Apart the Myth of the American Warrior 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

If my assumption is correct, I don't believe that he deserves scorn for his behavior, nor would I choose to be rude in return. Perspective | Miss Manners: I want to network, just not with you 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z

Share prices had been rising all year; investors had been speculating with borrowed money on the assumption that the good times would continue. What the 21st century can learn from the 1929 crash | Larry Elliott 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z

“For most countries, under assumptions favourable to the helmet legislation case, the unintended health costs cancel out the direct health benefit,” he found. The big bike helmet debate: 'You don’t make it safe by forcing cyclists to dress for urban warfare' 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z

So my assumptions coming from a left angle, or a right angle, were all made more nuanced. Baratunde Thurston is making America love the outdoors again: "There's history in nature for us" 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z

Oliver then covered the many assumptions pundits have about Ivanka and her influence within the White House, citing Gayle King who assumed she would somehow use her position to help Planned Parenthood. John Oliver on Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner: president 'can't even get nepotism right' 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z

In Indian culture, there is a huge emphasis placed on the importance of family, the assumption that blood is a bond that will never be broken. My mother was dying – but my best friend brought happiness to a brutally sad day 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

The experience directly inspired the red carpet show, in part because it made him question the assumptions we make about fame and who qualifies. The Year of Balenciaga 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z

Seinfeld worked the superego, picking over the conventions—snooze button, eyeglasses, dry cleaners—that govern the social self until even the most banal assumptions of normal life seemed ridiculous. Festival Dispatch: Life Lessons from Larry David 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

The 1999 book by Virginia Valian “Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women” collected research showing that unconscious assumptions about gender lead to skewed results in perceptions and evaluations of performance that disfavor women. Sexism plagues major chemistry conference: Boycott emerges amid growing outrage 2014-02-20T20:11:00Z

Amara found, when consulting on past productions, that the reluctance to hire disabled crew often stems from an assumption that doing so will cost excessive time and money. ‘Best Foot Forward’ Is a Story About, and By, People With Disabilities 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z

In March, a large study by a Cambridge University team suggested that polyunsaturated fats in fish and olive oils were not necessarily better for us after all, overturning the assumptions of decades. Studies saying fat is not that bad are misleading, scientists say 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

And part of what makes their arguments engaging is that the women share certain assumptions. In ‘2 Dope Queens’ a Duo Muses Over Life, and Stanley Tucci 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z

Even better, challenging people’s assumptions this way may help them treat the next L.G.B.T.Q. family with greater respect. I Support My Parents Financially. Can I Have a Say in Their Spending? 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

It also tackled head-on the pervasive assumption that depression is simply down to individual weakness, particularly when it drives people to suicide. Illuminating depression 2011-03-07T12:10:36Z

“Perhaps audiences are losing the assumption that any woman in a rage must be a harridan.” Toxic Men Get All the Attention. But Not in These Plays. 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z

And I'm not sure this assumption is true. Ahdaf Soueif: In times of crisis, fiction has to take a back seat 2012-08-17T15:00:01Z

Long eons of art have been devoted to small variations on familiar and beloved formulas, so familiar we have named them: the annunciation, deposition, sacred conversation, assumption. Borrowing, appropriating and stealing as old as art itself 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

I think my parents are making assumptions about my financial position. Where Was This Money When I Made My Down Payment? 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

Any assumption you hold about laws and punishment best be left at the door. Burning desire: John Wick and the undying appeal of the revenge thriller 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

A lot of common assumptions about anonymity are complicated by the literature on how people actually behave online, as noted by researcher K. Nathan Matias. You Anon 2021-07-31T04:00:00Z

While it may be tempting to assume that this reasoning is purely financial in nature, that assumption doesn’t hold up to much scrutiny. “Star Wars” fans, unite: The only way to fight #WheresRey trends is to stop buying the toys 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z

And when she accepted Brienne’s vow of loyalty and affirmed hers as well, it felt like a symbolic assumption of command of her shattered family. ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6, Episode 1: Picking Up the Jagged Pieces 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z

“They made an assumption about me,” she said. The Sexist Undertones of Wedding Marketing 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z

Mr. Silva’s accomplishment is not just in pulling off a jarring plot twist, but in handling a change of tone that turns the movie — and the audience’s assumptions about it — upside down. Review: In ‘Nasty Baby,’ Friends Decide to Start a Family. What Could Go Wrong? 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

He may get it wrong, but he always challenges imperial assumptions. Oliver Stone and Tariq Ali: brothers in arms 2010-07-26T20:31:00Z

“What we discovered is that for some people that’s the case,” he said, “but for others, that assumption is wrong.” The Netflix Executives Who Bent Comedy to Their Will 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z

On closer examination, some shaky assumptions underlie these hard-nosed generalizations. The Fate of the Critic in the Clickbait Age 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z

As a young Californian composer, he questioned all assumptions about the great classical music heritage, concert rituals and contemporary compositional styles, including the very pitches of the standard chromatic scale. Review: ‘Delusion of the Fury,’ With New Partch Instruments 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z

The common ground shared by all the artists in the show is in questioning assumptions, prejudice and stereotypes. Art at Wing Luke Museum explores mixed-race heritage 2013-08-16T20:13:19Z

He spoke with such dazzling confidence, I breezed right past his bold assumptions. Modern Love: Yes, I Really Am Bisexual. Deal With It. 2013-04-25T21:31:09Z

And double-check your assumptions — “Should I hold off working on this until you finish reviewing?” The boss is rude. How should a worker rate him? 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z

No doubt similar assumptions have been made about Jimi Hendrix’s “All Along the Watchtower,” which is actually a Bob Dylan tune. Weezer’s cover album: Is the rock band honoring or exploiting the originals? 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

“I am making no assumptions about the future,” she said. Trump bowed out of the Kennedy Center Honors. Some say it’s a blessing in disguise. 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z

It’s a reasonable assumption too, because Kendall is in full Icarus mode throughout this episode. ‘Succession’ Season 4, Episode 6: Cool New Rule 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z

This simple, blanket association of darker color with higher quality made no sense, nor, for that matter, did the assumption that power and concentration were always better. A Rosé by Any Other Color 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z

We call this assumption "neurocentrism" – the view that human experience and behaviour can be best explained from the predominant or even exclusive perspective of the brain. Human behaviour: is it all in the brain – or the mind? 2013-06-29T23:05:40Z

But it would be strange if literary taste-making was the one place where gender expectations and assumptions played no role, wouldn't it? A touch of Franzenfreude 2010-09-19T20:00:00Z

The assumption being that Juicy may mislead us, as if we don’t already know some version of this story and how it ends. ‘Fat Ham’ Review: Dismantling Shakespeare to Liberate a Gay Black ‘Hamlet’ 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z

Ramy makes a similarly misguided assumption on his first date with an Egyptian-Muslim woman, with whom his parents set him up. Dating While Muslim: The Uncomfortable Truths in “Ramy” 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z

Certain assumptions would be made about my background, my intelligence, my worth, because of how I sounded. Alan Cumming: "Life's just the same show with different costumes" 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z

The first phase was to be financial centralization through the national government’s assumption of state debts. James Madison’s Zigzag Path 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z

Linus Pauling’s incorrect assumption that DNA was a triple helix made it easier for Crick and Watson to arrive at the correct solution first. Science doesn’t know everything 2013-06-02T18:00:00Z

And just as in the earlier book, he puts his characters in a circumstance about which we have a lifetime's worth of assumptions. In 'The Children Act,' Ian McEwan chronicles a marriage in crisis 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

And while it seems like her specials will be particularly influential to men, as a woman there's definite pleasure in watching their assumptions get disrupted and dismantled too. Jena Friedman's "Soft Focus": Dark feminist comedy, aimed at young men 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

The working fashion assumption is, to put it bluntly, that women with a larger cup size are most probably fat, and this simply isn’t true. Are women's breasts getting bigger - or is it just our bras? 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z

One common assumption about wine is that it must be complex to be good. Love Wine? Here Are 10 Ways to Appreciate It Even More. 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z

Rather than serve up a tantalizing mystery with a tidy resolution, this book does the opposite, demolishing the “facts” and assumptions amassed along the way. ‘The Antiquarian,’ a Macabre Novel About a Search for Truth 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

When I commented on the view and asked, “How long have you lived here?” he twisted and squirmed, trying neither to acknowledge nor deny my assumption that it was his home. What the therapist heard: ‘What would you do if your client behaved like a dog?’ 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z

But the humor of the line lies in Potter’s assumption that her readers will be in common agreement about some verities of feline nature: that cats are selfish, unpredictable, ill-tempered, unhelpful, and possibly violent. The Bittersweet Announcement of a New Beatrix Potter Book 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z

There is something of an assumption that if you find two artists doing similar things then the woman will be the follower. Tate Britain: On the move 2013-05-03T18:40:01Z

Don’t make assumptions about their motivations and perspective; instead listen and reflect, reserve judgement and try to hear their point of view. How to prevent fights on holidays — without banning politics and other heated topics 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z

“Algorithms solve the problem of efficiency at grand scale” — by detecting patterns and making assumptions — “but in doing that one thing, they do all sorts of other things, too, like hurting small businesses.” Why Is Facebook Rejecting These Fashion Ads? 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z

When she was found, the assumption was that she would die; instead she was comatose for several weeks. Movie Review: The Documentary ‘The Central Park Five’ 2012-11-21T23:45:09Z

Certainly there was no shift in the assumption of male superiority and power, and, in the 30s, grounds for the “old agitation” were as strong as ever. The 1930s: ‘Women had the vote, but the old agitation went on’ 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z

Perhaps the point is that communication can only flourish when ideological assumptions are examined and good faith is exercised, but the dramatic writing in the final exchange between Jeff and Bradley is hackneyed. 'Death of the Author' finds life in academic theory 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z

Ms. Johnson, in correcting that oversight, invites us to reconsider our assumptions about the ethical and emotional foundations of nonfiction filmmaking. Review: In ‘Cameraperson,’ a Found Poem Filtered Through an Intent Eye 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

I appreciate this is a pretty old-fashioned assumption, but I suspect had the circumstances been different it would have been unusual enough for you to mention. My 18-year-old daughter is having a baby with my stepson | Dear Mariella 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z

As the action sends her across Europe, throughout the movie other people are constantly making assumptions about Susan Cooper, largely based on the way she looks. 'Spy' is an agent of fun for Melissa McCarthy

Either way, audiences will find themselves face to face with their own prejudices, assumptions and, perhaps, squeamishness. 'Breastmilk' an intimate chronicle of women's, experts' views 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z

There's this assumption that men are threatened by the success of women. Christopher Noxon on being a 'domestic first responder' and 'Plus One' 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

The theater is comfortable with a wider range of performance styles, but movie acting is in danger of becoming monolithic when the assumption goes unchecked that the best acting is inevitably the most lifelike. Casey versus Denzel: Oscar's lead actor race is a dramatic study in contrasts 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

It is based on the assumption that if a vegetable-led menu is going to succeed it has to ape flesh. Jay Rayner: thou shalt eat veg! 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z

I see your point," says Jarecki, "but you're making an assumption that if you tax and regulate in the United States that business would continue as usual in places like Mexico. Eugene Jarecki and the campaign to end America's war on drugs 2013-03-31T00:02:00Z

“We found that so beautiful,” Mensch adds, “and so exactly opposite of what our assumptions were.” This ’80s female wrestling league was dangerous and sexist — and the best job of their lives 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z

There’s an assumption of disrespect on Ciara’s part that ignores the actual, explicit disrespect being directed at her. Lonnae O’Neal: So what’s the problem when a baby goes to training camp? 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z

Robert Skidelsky – Keynes' masterly biographer – believes that Lopokova conceived and then miscarried, but I think that assumption is based on a misinterpreted letter. Niall Ferguson should know that JM Keynes's marriage was happy – with plenty of sex 2013-05-06T12:13:56Z

Mel Brooks wrote and performed in a skit about gender roles and assumptions. ArtsBeat: The 40th Anniversary of 'Free to Be . . . You and Me' 2012-11-30T16:45:23Z

My working assumption is that the United States is a society where race and racial inequalities are omnipresent. "Game of Thrones" isn't "just fantasy": Westeros is a reflection of our terrible realities 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z

Carrillo served 22 years before all four remaining witnesses, forced to revisit their assumptions by a lawyer from the Innocence Project, recanted their testimony. The Innocence Files: a shocking Netflix series on wrongful convictions 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z

“You start to reflect, you start to rethink your assumptions, to reimagine what is possible, and reconnect with your most deeply held beliefs.” Why it pays to be late (sometimes) 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z

But they’re also operating under mistaken assumptions about how honest each of them is being, face to face. Review: In ‘The Power of Punctuation,’ Judging Potential Mates by Their Texts 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z

Ligon recalled both Enwezor’s intellectual rigor and his generosity: “He made assumptions about one’s ambitions that were often in excess of one’s ambitions for oneself. That’s the kind of person he was.” Some of America’s best Black artists are joining forces for a show about Black grief — conceived by a legendary curator who died last year 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z

And while all of the characters look great, they never look like one another, nor do they conform to Hollywood assumptions about who should appeal to whom. Jem and Gender Theory 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

It was a truism of the old art world, perhaps a conceit or maybe a genuine truth, that it forced us into uncomfortable places, challenged assumptions, refashioned basic ways of seeing. Perspective | As the art world reopens, will the change be genuine? This critic is looking in some unlikely places. 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z

"There's an assumption historically that somehow, universally, everybody loves the lived experience of men." Why women really don’t get to host late-night TV 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z

Between the Islamophobe and Islamist there are the simply curious who may catch on that assumptions about a certain other’s freakdom is sorely misplaced. Arts & Leisure: ?All-American Muslim? on TLC: Life in Dearborn, Michigan 2011-11-10T18:31:22Z

This is a familiar catalyst for celebrities turned children's authors: an assumption that their stories are so good, they should be shared. Frank Lampard, good children's stories aren't easy wins 2013-02-13T18:00:02Z

I would never make the assumption that a hotel overseas is fully accessible. For the Disabled Traveler, Strategies for a Successful Trip 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z

It shows you the assumptions that are in the background, undeclared and unknown. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: The Art of Writing Biographies 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z

“There’s an assumption that people in prison are hostile and angry and resentful, always involved in negative activity,” says Poor. Ear Hustle: unlocking the truth about San Quentin 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z

In most apocalyptic tales, the reader is expected to accept certain baseline assumptions. Three Sisters, an Island and an Apocalyptic Tale of Survival 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z

Thus, as tech gets more and more into fashion, as wearables become the Next Big Thing, perhaps it is the moment to reconsider ye olde assumptions. For Tim Cook of Apple, The Fashion of No Fashion 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

The old assumptions about whiteness being the "norm" for science fiction -- especially "golden age" and "hard sci-fi" -- still lingers. Comics author Brian K. Vaughan on his global hit "Saga" and making art in troubled times 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z

Until them, the film’s considerable success does leave one wondering if theater owners are operating under a flawed assumption. Could Margin Call Upend the Hollywood Business Model? 2011-10-28T11:00:21Z

The assumption was that she couldn't cope with the knowledge because she had young children, and because she was a woman she would somehow collapse. Alan Davies: My family values 2013-07-26T12:00:00Z

Madonna’s fame, though, has always been tied to a snooty assumption that her music is more popular than good, and thus it only matters if it’s popular. Madonna and Taylor Swift's Joint Performance Was the Best Sort of Collaboration 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z

Underlying the primacy of the canon is perhaps the most damaging, insidious assumption of all: the belief that an objective response to art is possible in the first place. Public Enemy are rubbish? If only more classic albums got this treatment … 2012-07-17T11:43:03Z

You couldn’t really conduct your career around the hope or assumption you would win an award. Ian McKellen: 'I’m like a carpenter who can be relied on to make a good chair' 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z

But gin is new to some Chileans, so Last Hope’s servers don’t make assumptions. Chile, Known for Its Wines and Piscos, Turns to Gin 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z

Our assumption was "get it away from you". We Are Scientists present ? the rules of writing a World Cup anthem 2010-06-10T14:12:00Z

This is the kind of insight that is easily oversold, since it depends on an assumption that the audience thinks otherwise. ‘Vengeance’ Review: A Dish Best Served With Frito Pie 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z

Tracking this process, Fraser puts an end to the persistent assumption that Lane was the ghostwriter of her mother’s books. ‘Little House on the Prairie’ and the Truth About the American West 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z

The default assumption is that a perceived threat is real and a police killing is righteous. Two Books Argue the Case for Police Reform From Within 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z

And on the assumption that we are too close to living composers to assess their place and their impact, I am eliminating them from consideration. The Greatest 2011-01-07T16:04:57Z

“Our biggest assumptions were that there was a demand for it, and that we could get land,” he said. A Colorado Ski Area With No Lift Lines? This One Has No Lifts at All. 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z

But artists and listeners carry assumptions and prejudices about what singing in a certain language signifies: singing in French sounds romantic, German industrial, Italian operatic, and so on. Readers recommend: foreign language versions ? the results 2011-03-10T17:26:30Z

But the common assumption is that it’s an impossible job. Chief of staff, Oscars host, Popchips spokesperson: The allure of the doomed job 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

Question authority, but also question yourself and your own biases and assumptions. 'Cosmos' recap: From Alexandria to dark matter 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

But Buettner's experience defies that assumption, as he explained in a wide-ranging interview where we discussed the politics of America's health habits along with what he believes are the secrets to living longer, healthier lives. Secrets of longevity can be taught, and "conservative cities have been better" at adopting them 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z

When you start peeling back layers, you discover that baked into a lot of these assessments of higher education is a series of assumptions that are appalling. On ‘Revisionist History,’ Malcolm Gladwell Unfiltered 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z

“If you hear there’s a Native composer, a lot of assumptions happen,” Chacon said, recounting the times that even fans have said they hear the desert in his music. Upending Expectations for Indigenous Music, Noisily 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z

But let's be aware of making assumptions about people's motivations. An Informed Traveler Is a Safer Traveler 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z

“I want to use economics as a prism to look at our relationship to one another and to the planet,” she says, “and challenge the assumption that there is only one way of doing things.” | A Top Model’s Online Wishing Well 2014-03-05T20:00:14Z

“I think we are all waking up to the arrogance of our assumptions that there won’t be these kinds of world-changing moments in our lifetimes,” he said. Recreating an Archaeological Discovery From the Ground Down 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z

The assumption, of course, is that this "one person" must be an isolated crackpot, and not representative of the listening public. Dire Straits' homophobic faux-pas 2011-01-18T16:33:25Z

A much smarter, more carefully conceived program than her debut at the club last year, “New York in June” addresses head-on the stereotypes and assumptions with which Ms. Salonga, being Asian, has had to contend. Music Review: Starting With Perkiness, Then Leaping Beyond It 2011-06-15T22:01:23Z

“It’s like forcing people to rethink something with a cultural stigma around it, where there’s this default negative assumption.” Karley Sciortino: the sex blogger and Slutever presenter redefining sexuality 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z

Wormwood Scrubs paints a stark picture of life in prison, gleaned from hundreds of hours of rare footage, that is likely to challenge widely held assumptions about incarceration. Wormwood Scrubs 2010-05-08T23:08:00Z

These societal assumptions could not help but influence perceptions about irregular health systems, particularly those like hydropathy and homeopathy where women took active leadership roles. The battle for medicine’s soul: A century of alternative remedies 2014-01-19T19:00:00Z

It’s based partly on the assumption that price gauges demand by rational consumers. Stop buying expensive wine! 2012-09-30T20:00:00Z

We all live under a set of prescribed social assumptions, which are embedded into our words. Why we need to invent new words 2013-03-11T08:29:01Z

These pieces are just as fascinating now as they were back then, if not more so: they bring into focus the codes and assumptions of the scandalized. Sunday Reading: Scandals 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z

Reason itself is among them—the effort to advance constructively while gripped by the irrational force of tradition, of unexpressed assumptions and unexamined mythologies, repressed desires and frustrated aspirations, undiscussed history and unacknowledged grief. The Front Row: “Losing Ground” 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z

And many 19th-century assumptions about American music have survived into the 20th and even 21st centuries: American music is still often viewed as lighter than European music, more illustrative and more populist. The democracy of American music 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z

When you got the script for that, did that sort of gel with the assumptions you had been operating under so far about the character? “Better Call Saul’s” Jonathan Banks on playing Mike: “It brings out a lot of my sadness” 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z

A Movable Feast of a Festival The best way to fight a pervasive assumption is to pretend it doesn’t exist. Music: Undead Jazzfest Roams the West Village 2010-06-14T22:14:00Z

The response Miss Manners dislikes is your assumption that the host intended to slight some of her guests and hog all the wine for her end of the table. Perspective | Miss Manners: Couples won’t let me seat them separately! 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z

I’m trying to find ways through my work to change that assumption. Patricia Ione Lloyd, a Playwright With a Taste for Glamour 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

So while it may still seem remarkable when some celebrated name shows up in a humble Web video, that's just the ghost of old assumptions hanging 'round. TV Picks: 'Party Down,' Funny or Die video selection, 'Manhattan' 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z

In her “Art History Paintings,” begun in the late 1980s, she questioned assumptions about genius and masculinity in canvases that juxtaposed styles from Jackson Pollock to Salle. Deborah Kass’s ‘Before and Happily Ever After’ Retrospective 2012-10-28T16:28:43Z

But more than that it addresses popular culture’s wider assumptions of what it is to be disabled. Why are there more clothing lines for dogs than disabled people? 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z

But more difficult still will be staring down the pain, dislocation and inequity that promise to upend lives, undo communities and shake assumptions about city life and society. Critic’s Notebook: Changes Needed After Hurricane Sandy Include Politics 2012-11-19T23:00:17Z

Mr. West went a long way toward shaking off hip-hop’s deeply woven assumptions about toughness; when Drake took his turn, he just went ahead and put feelings first. Drake and Kanye West: Proven Paths to Stardom 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

The whole story just builds itself upon those two basic assumptions. Snagglepuss, LGBT hero: Legendary Hanna-Barbera character reborn in new comic series 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z

He could be too impatient, too demanding; he feels that the industry is based on mediocrity, and on the assumption that the audience is stupid and therefore can’t cope with anything complex. Christoph Waltz: 'Try as you might, you can never break free from your past' 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z

Coppa Feel, along with similar campaigns like “Save the Tattas,” “Save Second Base,” and “Help the Hooters,” are guilty of normalizing many harmful assumptions about gender and bodies in their attempt to spread awareness. Can naked breasts make important political points? 2013-02-28T16:25:00Z

We are making the assumption that the list will endure even when we do not. Literary lists: Proof of our existence 2013-02-15T19:30:01Z

His Times Square restaurant, Guy’s American Kitchen & Bar, can feel in hindsight like an exercise in overextension, an assumption of manifest destiny powered by swagger and a signature Donkey Sauce. Guy Fieri, Elder Statesman of Flavortown 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z

Already a white "hero" has been slipped into this movie about Indians, betraying an assumption that American audiences could not sustain interest in a film without whites. Creating a spectacle of slaughter at the movies: Ambush at Kamikaze Pass 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z

It’s an odd and eloquent assumption about the mind of a gentrifier, but really, it’s irrelevant what they think or what Davidson thinks they think. Gentrification’s insidious violence: The truth about American cities 2014-04-08T18:34:00Z

“When these movies play in majority Muslim countries, the assumption is, ‘Look: they’re misrepresenting us again.’ ‘Death to the infidels!’ Why it’s time to fix Hollywood’s problem with Muslims 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z

Despite the jokey, kneejerk assumption that male abuse either isn’t real or is only reserved for the henpecked and weak, there is no question that female abusers exist. Feminism didn’t kill men’s rights advocate Earl Silverman 2013-04-29T14:55:00Z

The codes of genres and the assumptions of categories are the packed-in sediment of presumptive critical expertise, the rigid learning that gets in the way of cinematic experience. These So-Called Bad Movies Prove the Urgency of Film Criticism 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

The blaring sunshine interrupted my mental grumblings about the normative assumptions of the cherry-lipped bros and forced me to look down at myself. A frat boy’s “gay experience” 2014-04-21T00:00:00Z

This dystopian vision rests on many questionable assumptions, of course. Review: ‘Homo Deus’ Foresees a Godlike Future. (Ignore the Techno-Overlords.) 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z

Four years ago, on the other hand, there was an assumption that we would finally turn as a nation to resolve the problem of immigration reform. A better border is possible 2012-05-26T22:00:00Z

You could say that irony is actually what’s necessary to unpack these assumptions and clichés. What David Foster Wallace got wrong about irony: Our culture doesn’t have nearly enough of it 2014-04-27T15:30:00Z

But that still leaves a large swath of people who don’t go to movies simply to be sensorily bludgeoned or have their preexisting assumptions perfunctorily stamped and endorsed. Fall films: True escapes are few and far between. ‘Mr. Turner’ fits the bill, though.

The Herzogs' divorce becomes a middle-class appurtenance indeed: when Alexander finally leaves, the vast machinery of Ganna's institutionalised assumptions, her bourgeois will to power, cranks into action. My First Wife by Jakob Wassermann – review 2012-12-06T08:00:02Z

And yet lingering cultural assumptions make some couples feel like they have to hide it. Separate beds are liberating 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

One can read it with great feeling and insight without having taken part in war oneself, though the implied assumptions of “Our Trojan War” and similarly Shay-inspired productions seem s to argue otherwise. A Misguided Impulse to Update the Greek Classics 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z

The few rote-seeming interviews Mr. Zuckerberg has given over the years have only served to confirm the assumption that he is more machine than man. For These Guys, Mark Zuckerberg Is a Lifestyle Guru 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z

But if the specific motivation for the French protests seems unpopular here, the underlying assumptions about art are ones Americans should heed. Should the American Theater Take French Lessons? 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the network wasted no time demonstrating it will jump on hot-button issues, and make certain assumptions, that might turn off a portion of the public. Al-Jazeera America Debuts as Newest News Network 2013-08-21T14:47:36Z

He's not alone; the assumption that black people would immediately spend all of their reparations money is a widespread and racist idea. Reparations are overdue: "Confronting the truth" about slavery means paying for it 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z

For those who weren’t just dancing to the songs, Grimes was challenging all sorts of assumptions about power, gender, media and pop itself. Grimes, a D.I.Y. Indie Sensation, Ramps Up Her Sound 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z

The writer said his “intention is always to play devil’s advocate with a liberal audience’s assumptions.” Brexit Is Dividing Britain. So Is a Brexit Movie. 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z

But these are more than usually troubled times in the film industry, and the assumption that the director is present in every frame becomes problematic once that same director turns out to be a liability. The end of the auteur? 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z

The result was that, even with eight years of three-figure majorities, New Labour allowed Tory assumptions and arguments – taxes bad, markets good, public sector inefficient – to set the agenda and be treated as common sense. Philip Gould: An Unfinished Life, edited by Dennis Kavanagh - review 2012-09-26T07:30:04Z

This year seemed to prove old industry assumptions wrong. Will ‘Black Panther’ Help Redefine ‘Star’ Overseas? 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z

Her looks didn’t match people’s assumptions about who got to be a mover and a shaker in the world of art. At the Studio Museum in Harlem, a curator who loves art ‘on a cellular level’ 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z

Here was a piece to shake up familiar assumptions about Stravinsky’s music, and — now moved to the beginning of the program — it was a bracing way to open the festival. Music Review: Philharmonic Opens Russian Stravinskyat Avery Fisher Hall 2010-04-22T22:10:00Z

“Think Again” delivers smart advice on unlearning assumptions and opening ourselves up to curiosity and humility. What to read in 2021 based on what you loved in 2020 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z

His theatrical, packed-to-the-gills exhibition at the Frye Art Museum aims to supplant the outworn heroes and cultural assumptions of the Western canon with new heroes, histories and paradigms. Artist Tavares Strachan’s show at Frye packed with subversive drama 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z

Underlying that question is this assumption that being an Asian-American woman is a weakness. Scandalized by Ali Wong’s Stand-Up? Brace Yourself for Her Book 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

Her words tap into our interior lives and challenge our often naïve assumptions about both our own and the world’s machinations. Barbara Kruger: A Way With Words 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z

Culinarily, I think my initial assumption was that it was a dessert of sorts, but I could tell that its aroma was by no means sweet. Happy Hanukkah! This year, celebrate the knish 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z

The film is a direct repudiation of the standard fieldwork practice and assumptions that surface realities, alone, provide a sufficient record. The Mountain by Drusilla Modjeska – review by Lloyd Jones 2013-06-13T06:12:13Z

He said one of his aims was to relate to his first men’s collections, in the mid-’90s, but in a way he’s challenging today’s assumptions. Fashion Review: Paris Men’s Fashion Week Reviews: Louis Vuitton, Rick Owens, Raf Simons and More 2013-07-03T19:50:22Z

But the subsequent sections, particularly II and IV, challenge some of the easy assumptions we might make about turn-of-the-century medical ignorance. Poem of the week: The Seventh Art in the Sanatorium by Heather Hartley 2010-11-22T13:27:00Z

What are the ideological assumptions behind aesthetic canons, especially ones dismissing American art of the time? How did American artists respond to the horror of WWI? 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z

Ethically murky situations, such as an extreme interrogation in Yemen and a shootout on the streets of Paris, shake his assumptions about what is the right thing to do. Jack Ryan Returns, This Time on Amazon 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z

Tse, a winner of the Hong Kong Book Prize for her short stories, has said that she studied journalism but rebelled against a writing style with “too many assumptions about reality.” ‘Owlish’ Is a Darkly Fantastical Parable About Totalitarianism 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z

Darwin’s second key assumption was that the Earth was enormously old, an idea he may have picked up from reading Charles Lyell’s “Principles of Geology.” Evolution, but different: Adventures of a Darwin-doubting botanist 2014-01-12T15:00:00Z

Since your question is based on a giant assumption — that your sister didn’t ask her daughter about the party — let me throw a few more onto the pile. Will Y’All Please Stop Yammering About Resilience? 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z

The common assumption that they all want or need a suburban yard is just that, an assumption. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A move to the suburbs, and a wistful look at the city in the rearview 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z

The young man and woman both relented, with the casual assumption that they would just please their parents “and that would be the end of it,” Mrs. Khubani said. Field Notes: Parental Involvement Can Help in Choosing Marriage Partners, Experts Say 2013-01-18T21:31:10Z

Given that everyone approached for the book is of the privileged class, Pinckney wonders, is the unspoken assumption that the real offense is wounded class pride? Darryl Pinckney’s Intimate Study of Black History 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z

Mr. Lee’s concept — for once, the industry jargon is apt — sidesteps some basic assumptions about what chefs are supposed to do. At In Situ in San Francisco, Originality in Careful Copies 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z

It’s a commonly held belief that we’re experiencing a Golden Age of documentary film, and that assumption is solidly affirmed by the program of this year’s edition of AFI Docs. In the Golden Age of documentaries, the medium could use more artistry 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

A. There was, here, at that time, a kind of universal, upper-class assumption of superiority. Julian Fellowes on Twists in the ‘Downton Abbey’ Season Finale 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z

There are assumptions that women are always the focus of titillation. “I wanted my contract to say for every female orgasm, there had to be a male orgasm”: Emmy-nominated actresses open up about TV sex scenes 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z

There's a common assumption — or there used to be, it is less prevalent in our partisan age — that women are inherently more likely to bridge their ideological divisions and work together for the common good. "Y: The Last Man" presents a fascinating dystopia that probes the artifacts of our gendered world 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z

The issues surrounding the emotional lives of animals — and the often presumptuous assumption of humans that they comprehend them — are explored in “The Whale” with a quiet dignity and gorgeous images. | 'The Whale': ?The Whale,? the True-Life Adventure of a Baby Orca ? Review 2011-09-23T04:13:58Z

The episode ends with George Baxter, an associate of Nucky's who has lured a 19-year-old girl with him to Atlantic City under the assumption that she is "that kind of girl". Boardwalk Empire: season one, episode two 2011-02-02T22:10:00Z

“Ronald is fierce, fierce, when it comes to people just making the assumption that because he was reported to have a lot of wealth, that they could just go and take it,” Mr. Johnson said. The Debt King 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z

And though it’s still too new to gauge the impact that will have on naming trends, our heteronormative assumptions about what to put on the welcome mat are rapidly flying out the window. Do feminists care if you take your husband’s name? 2013-03-08T16:39:00Z

Romney’s assumption here is that democracy is based on the “liberty” to seek one’s self interest with minimal regard to the interests or well being of others. Email can ruin your life 2012-06-24T14:00:00Z

Increasingly convinced that Ollie may still be alive at age 13, Baptiste is forced to revisit some of his mistakes and earlier assumptions. ‘The Missing’: A smartly conceived treat for mystery fans

“I felt this, like, house of assumption get built around me,” he said. Justice Smith Doesn’t Need Your Assumptions 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z

A shortage of money is a constant—as is the assumption that, after a brief stint of tutoring or sketching, the girls will secure their futures through marriage. Timeless Preoccupations and Old-School Virtues 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z

The Matthews moment was a sign that one verdict doesn’t undo years of harmful stereotypes and assumptions. Perspective | ‘Believe Women’ doesn’t mean women never lie. It means accepting that men sometimes do, too. 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z

Images and words are at odds — a classic Baldessari technique for prompting viewers to question their own assumptions about the trustworthiness of the visual world, the written word or both. These Days, John Baldessari Cribs From the Masters 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z

Entire industries — self-help books, fashion magazines, fitness chains, infomercials — are built on assumptions about how women are, what women want, what men want in a woman. Does “The Feminine Mystique” still matter? 2013-02-13T14:00:00Z

You can’t be in their company for long before you’re forced to discard your ordinary visual assumptions and accept the two strange objects merely as unnameable material facts. The Week in Arts: Martha Graham, ‘Ink’ and Let’s Eat Grandma 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z

Which is a bewildering thought, and one that calls into question not just our methods for achieving happiness, but also our assumptions about what “happiness” really means. Positive thinking is for suckers! 2012-11-25T13:00:00Z

The assumption, said University of Pennsylvania nursing history professor Julie Fairman, was that “you couldn’t concentrate and be a good nurse if you were married and had other obligations.” Stay in school or get married? In 1965, the president’s daughter had to choose. 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z

Many times, reporters are working on the assumption I’m speaking on behalf of 40 million African Americans. Spike Lee: 'Race relations today are the direct result of having a black president' 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z

People make a lot of assumptions about gender. Raincoats to finally make Chicago debut 2011-09-15T04:08:00Z

She says no, explaining that the people who created the systems meant to control hosts like her and human beings like him share on assumption: Human beings don't have free will. "Westworld" chooses chaos in apocalyptic third season finale 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z

The point is that are no right answers: Opposing views are presented to encourage visitors to question their own assumptions. New Director Sees Berlin’s Jewish Museum as a Place for Debate 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z

Or, in Frederick Wiseman’s patient and sublime “Monrovia, Indiana,” feeling assumptions gently and insistently undermined and replaced by an understanding that is all the more powerful for being nearly impossible to articulate. Strangeness and Daring at the New York Film Festival 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z

Beneath the opprobrium lay a shared assumption: that Shakespeare’s genius inheres not in his complicated characters or carefully orchestrated scenes or subtle ideas but in the singularity of his words. Why We (Mostly) Stopped Messing With Shakespeare’s Language 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z

The Song Machine”, a history of the past 20 years of pop music, takes for granted two assumptions, both convincingly demonstrated via a highly engaging narrative. Bopping brilliant 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

And she puts to rest the smug assumption that there’s anything minor or unambitious about a witty domestic novel. Review | The perfect summer novel: ‘Strangers and Cousins’ is an unusually substantive comedy 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z

The detectives moved forward on the assumption it was the murder weapon. What does an innocent man have to do to go free? Plead guilty 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z

That language was telling, with its assumption that the museum is a coherent organism with its own bodily needs, and the suggestion that art that threatened its economic survival was like an infection. Review | Hans Haacke makes that banana on the wall look ridiculous 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

But the overwhelming impression that the movie leaves behind — or maybe the assumption with which it started — is that white guys are funnier. Review: ‘Misery Loves Comedy’ Puts Stand-Up in the Spotlight 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

Still, many of the Oscar-centric assumptions that were widely shared in Hollywood on Monday morning look dubious or worse now. New York critics pile the love on “Carol” — but wait, “Mad Max” is now an Oscar contender, too 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z

Less chaotic and more considered than they have sometimes been in the past, they still forced you to check your assumptions. Louis Vuitton’s Teenage Dream 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z

As with Lauryn Hill, that other 1990s soul superstar, there's an assumption that Gray's best days are behind her. Macy Gray: rocking 40s style 2013-02-16T09:00:00Z

Lee’s latest project, the found-photo series “Fade Resistance,” continues to challenge racist assumptions of black family dysfunction, this time with Lee acting not as a photographer but as a curator. Defying the Stereotype of the Broken Black Family 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z

To presume a writer's spouse would be humiliated by a piece like Havrilesky's requires a whole other series of ungenerous assumptions about both people involved: Have we forgotten how to read critically? 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z

Much of the evidence documenting Shakespeare’s life wasn’t discovered until the late 18th or early 19th century, and comes packaged in the assumptions of those who made these finds. A Scholarly Analysis of Shakespeare’s Life That Reads Like a Detective Story 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z

She was under the assumption that Tijuana Jackson was a real guidance guru. How Romany Malco Became an Early Online Star 2012-04-13T17:30:00Z

Anyone who began with the assumption that "the state" or "the public sector" can only create inhumane environments would hardly be able to maintain it by the end. On the white bus to Wythenshawe – council housing by design 2012-05-22T16:16:13Z

But I wonder what the next stage of that looks like, because my assumption is it won't be full capacity theaters. "Space Force" standout Ben Schwartz reflects on pandemic anxiety, career shifts, and Carrie Fisher 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z

While throwing shade at the industry, “Master of None” simultaneously proves how wrong that assumption is. These television shows turn the spotlight on racist, sexist Hollywood auditions 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

“It’s a way of confronting people’s assumptions about you,” said Sarah Gould, lead curatorial researcher for the University of Texas, San Antonio Institute of Texan Cultures. The Meaning of Selena 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z

Thief would be a better choice, to avoid making an assumption about her identity. Behind the ‘Lightning Thief’ Twitter Curtain: A Tony Winner 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z

And as cancer blogger Katherine, who has metastatic breast cancer, says, “It’s often easier not to challenge people’s assumptions than to explain.” Listen up, doctors: Here’s how to talk to your patients 2012-05-23T11:45:00Z

What's comical about this stuff is not so much its implicit arrogance – the assumption that we all want to share using Facebook – as its historical naivety. Facebook is the just the latest sensation to contract a case of megalomania 2010-05-01T23:08:00Z

If people tend to assume you’re wealthy if you live separately, there’s one other assumption that’s even more prevalent about LATs. ‘We have never lived together. Is that so strange?’: the married couples who live apart 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z

Like Trudy, who recalls for Clark the time she casually mentioned her father’s girlfriend in front of a friend’s dad, then had to correct his assumption that her parents had split up. Review: In ‘Polylogues,’ Dispatches From Non-Monogamy 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z

But we now live in a world where that assumption has, in theory, disappeared, as has the assumption that a mother with children won't work outside the home. Motherlode Blog: An Overwhelmed Mother's Departure Memo 2012-11-09T20:50:35Z

Certainly the Vogues face a world in which assumptions seem to be changing daily. New York Fashion Week: New Star in the Front Row 2011-02-10T02:08:21Z

In fact, I began to question some of my assumptions about the health-care system. How mom’s death changed my thinking about end-of-life care 2013-03-03T14:00:00Z

About 15 years ago, Hanauer was a working married mother of young children when she found herself, like her peers raised on ­assumptions of domestic and professional equality, consumed by anger. ‘The Bitch in the House’ Has a Sequel: ‘The Bitch Is Back’ 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z

He regarded the response of left-wing intellectuals to Mr. Rushdie’s predicament as feeble, and he soon began to question many of his cherished political assumptions. Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011: Christopher Hitchens Is Dead at 62 ? Obituary 2011-12-16T06:27:29Z

Why is that the fallback assumption for her? Weike Wang on the Privilege of Not Having to Think About Race 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z

Based on assumptions, they don't reflect people's individuality and full humanity. Why sensitivity readers matter – and should be paid properly 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z

But the publishing world’s continued assumption that a degree of fame, even brief fame, translates into guaranteed readers is almost naively hopeful. Charles Ramsey’s publishing future: The uncertain economics of viral-hero book deals 2013-12-23T21:22:00Z

So now Chris and I are in the ridiculous position of having to perform marriage to correct the teacher’s assumption. Kasey Edwards: I love being married, but am I the exception? 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z

The fascinating, unspoken, assumption here is that everybody really is what you see. Comic-Con Is All About the Eyes 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z

Americans: what are their assumptions about people from the United Kingdom? Russell Brand's rock star Aldous Snow is not based on him ? honest 2010-06-18T23:10:00Z

“I want to break the common assumption that cleaning and cooking at home is just a task for passive women or housewives,” Park Hyo-ju, 25, of the channel Nyangsoop, wrote in an email. Lessons From a Homebody 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z

To many people in the United States, that creates a whole set of assumptions about why he did what he did and how he wound up there. "I never set out to be a whistleblower": Katharine Gun tells the true story of "Official Secrets" 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z

The assumption underlying Amazon's statement is that 1.74 more books will be sold for any and all books. What Amazon's e-book numbers are and aren't telling you 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z

Whittaker’s assumption of the role is historic, and it also breaks a sci-fi boundary in the larger sense that The Doctor is a creature of intelligence first and above all. It’s about time: The coming of a female Doctor Who is even more consequential than you thought 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z

But Syria, its reason for returning early, is proof that that assumption is wrong. Crossfire Is Returning Early, Just in Time to Oversimplify Syria 2013-09-03T15:20:07Z

These excerpts exemplify the more straightforward humor that drives that second episode and "Wealth Hoarding," two half-hours operating on the common assumption that neither Ziwe nor her guests require further introduction or explanation. With Showtime's sunshiny and sharp "Ziwe," we have an iconic talk show host in the making 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z

It is based on the assumption that “what we were filming was more interesting than we were.” Noah Baumbach’s New Movie “While We’re Young” 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z

As I got older, the expectations that went along with that assumption would sometimes prove a terrible source of stress. The Battle Hymn of the Papier-Mâché Mother 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z

But these findings suggest that assumption is very wrong. Study: Stigmatizing obesity leads to obesity 2013-12-05T13:15:00Z

Giving his version of his 1996 court battle with Joyce, who was seeking 25% of The Smiths' earnings, Morrissey accused the drummer of "constant inaccuracies and assumptions vomited out with leaden fatigue" in court. Morrissey opens up in autobiography 2013-10-17T12:09:33Z

She knew she would be initially seen as an outsider: a liberal white woman artist “swanning in with all of the assumptions that come with that,” and her expectations were not mistaken. Will a New Play Restart a Fire? 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z

These are scary numbers for those holding onto the assumption that the future of the Jews is dependent on the number of Jewish babies born to two Jewish parents. American Jews Face a Choice: Create Meaning or Fade Away 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z

It’s the “we” of the old boys’ club, of men bonded by private schools, an Oxbridge education, members-only clubs and the confident assumption of their right to power. In ‘A Spy Among Friends,’ B.F.F. Betrayal at an International Level 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z

Mitchell also remarked that books about her are full of “assumptions” and “nonsense.” Joni Mitchell Says She Put the Brakes on Biopic Starring Taylor Swift 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z

Walter White exploits these assumptions, as far as he could, as a way of masking his criminal double-life. Breaking bald 2012-07-24T18:30:00Z

“And there’s an assumption that if you’re fat, you’ve given up on yourself. And it’s like, I exercise all the time. I don’t eat doughnuts for breakfast, lunch and dinner.” Aidy Bryant doesn’t think ‘fat’ is a bad word. Her show ‘Shrill’ proves it. 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z

I found a treasure trove, an article from Proceedings of the Royal Society, Biology, from 2006 that makes even bigger assumptions: that cat parasite affects human culture. My cat really is trying to kill me – and you 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z

Lizzie’s assumption that her husband still loves his dead wife doesn’t waver. A Novel of the French Revolution, Enacted in British Parlors 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z

But Lessing’s novel also illuminates some of the more troubling assumptions on which his theory rests. Doris Lessing’s “The Fifth Child” and the Spectre of the Ambivalent Mother 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z

An assumption presumably exacerbated if your ancestors have deliberately transformed your family name into a brand that they then sold to the world. The Guccis Are Really Not Happy About ‘House of Gucci’ 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z

It was the posture of the assumption of Mary, of the Rapture, of alien abduction. Review: Lift Me Up (but Where?). A Dance of Escape and Connection. 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z

And our sense that he’s surrendered his integrity for personal gain is, as the critic Daniel Mendelsohn wrote in 2009, contingent on particular assumptions — debatable, at least — about the morality of the bomb. Review: ‘Doctor Atomic’ Brings the Bomb Home to New Mexico 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z

What the show “Abstract” brings to this discussion is the implicit assumption that this discussion is over: design no longer needs championing. Celebrating Design Without Contending with It 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z

“After watching this, I want people to question their assumptions about what they think they know about history, about themselves,” he said. ‘Kindred’ Creator Wants Viewers to ‘Question Their Assumptions’ 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z

These associations become impossible to forget, embedded deep in our cerebral cortex, shaping assumptions and opinions. Silicon Valley Has a New Style Icon 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z

There’s an unspoken assumption throughout that men make war while women are victimized by it. Television in Review: ?Women, War & Peace? on PBS - Review?Chelsea Settles,? an MTV Reality Show - Review?Reed Between the Lines? on BET - Review 2011-10-10T23:24:44Z

Based on the assumption that the territories it's playing usually account for 15% of UK and Ireland box office, Brave's opening equates to £5.5m. Ted and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: the anti-Olympians win at the box office 2012-08-07T16:14:19Z

The Atlantic magazine said the "assumption that there is no real difference among black people is exactly what racism is." Brad Paisley defends 'Accidental Racist' duet with LL Cool J 2013-04-09T20:15:37Z

There's an interesting introduction with Chiwetel Ejiofor in this role, in that when we first met Thomas Jerome Newton, there was this assumption that there was only his kind of Anthean. Bill Nighy on being an alien rock star in Showtime's "The Man Who Fell to Earth" 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z

Then, Harold comes along and challenges the community’s assumptions about Jim by bringing him into the band and finding an instrument he’s capable of playing with his limited range of motion. ‘The Music Man’ Once Had a Disabled Character. Then He Was Erased. 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

His was not a lengthy quandary, and we all brought our own assumptions into the simple description of his problem. Motherlode Blog: Talking to a Child Who Is Overweight, but Unaware 2012-05-04T00:11:21Z

More recently, the supposed resistance of economically important overseas audiences to black movie stars has affected casting decisions, even as the worldwide popularity of African-American music casts doubt on such assumptions. Hollywood, Separate and Unequal 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

But substantively, as I suspected last week, the bigger problem was that Syria was exactly the kind of issue that flummoxes Crossfire’s partisan assumptions. The New Crossfire Parties Like It’s 2003 2013-09-10T14:06:26Z

In gentle defiance of the title’s assumption, these models did talk. ‘Models Never Talk,’ From Olivier Saillard, at Milk Studios 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z

At first I wasn't sure it was dealing with the subject matter appropriately, but at the end I was left with questions about my original assumptions. Hauschka's cultural highlights 2013-03-17T00:05:24Z

But friends who diminish their assumption of my capacity because of phenotype — that was the most depressing and saddening part. Stacey Abrams: Being a black woman in politics isn’t ‘some fatal diagnosis’ 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z

If the first 10 can find an audience, the assumption is so will the next 90, presumably because all 100 episodes will be almost exactly the same. “Anger Management”: Charlie Sheen’s crass comeback 2012-06-26T15:15:00Z

In the post-"Sopranos" decade, it is a commonplace assumption that the only really serious quality television is happening in the form of non-network serialized narrative. Ted Danson gambles comeback on "CSI" 2011-09-21T16:22:00Z

“I had no presumption, assumption or desire to have a career in the music business,” he told Mr. Unterberger. Giorgio Gomelsky, Impresario Who Gave the Rolling Stones Their Start, Dies at 81 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

Mistrust of yoga’s religious implications, “New Age” oddness and meditation techniques conflict with many cultural assumptions about American masculinity. What happens when two guys ditch their fears and try yoga 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z

The common assumption is that retailers stock up on goods and then mark down the ones that don’t sell, taking a hit to their profits. How college pricing is just like holiday retail sales 2014-01-08T13:30:00Z

The film refutes the assumption of America’s space inevitability, that “it’s all easy and breezy”, said Grant, “but actually it’s quite fraught, it’s quite deadly, it’s quite tension-filled – there’s a lot of high stakes.” Breaking the color barrier: behind the long fight to diversify space 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z

All the same, one of the central aims of modern art has been to break through society’s assumptions, to imagine living as equals even if we never get there. Documenta 14, a German Art Show’s Greek Revival 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z

The assumption seems to be that because the audience knows the franchise there’s no need to incorporate anything meaningful — anything like life — that might distinguish or deepen its characters. Review: ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ Save the World! With Jokes! 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z

"I think the assumption is that I was much more savvy than I ever really was," Shields said in "Vogue." The shaming of Brooke Shields: Actress addresses backlash after her sexualized '80s Calvin Klein ad 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

The documentary is less about finding bin Laden than about the American assumptions and vulnerabilities that the hunt for him exposed. Television Review: ‘Manhunt’ for Bin Laden, on HBO 2013-04-30T20:10:13Z

Everyone is making the assumption that the designers are compromising their own point of view in order to create a collection together. Tim Gunn on How This Season of Project Runway is Different and—Naturally—Making It Work 2013-01-18T13:00:44Z

A common assumption about criticism is that because it is dependent on the efforts of others, it cannot be regarded as an art form. Criticism -- what is it good for? 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

Yet you seem to operate under the assumption that your point of view is meaningful to this family, which, at least from where I sit, seems pretty arrogant. Perspective | Ask Amy: Friend wants to intervene with overweight kids 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

“My mom will call me at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, and my first assumption is, ‘Oh, my grandma died,’ or something happened. Calling out of the blue: Why would you do this to someone you love? 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z

There's often an assumption that after a horrific event like this, it will spark a fierce debate on the issue. As Conn. story unfolds, media struggle with facts 2012-12-15T21:49:08Z

It was the return of injured veterans from World War II that began to shake that assumption. Television Review: ?Lives Worth Living? on ?Independent Lens? - Review 2011-10-26T23:46:17Z

My working hypothesis is that it's a form of social bonding, though: There's an assumption that the Awful Spouse is a shared hardship, which other men/women will understand and sympathize with. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Being wedded isn’t bliss. Neither is hearing incessant complaints. 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z

Our recently published research examined this assumption by looking at who eats fast food using a large sample of random Americans. Do poor people eat more junk food than wealthier Americans? 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z

It believes in equality for white women in a false assumption that doing so will open doors to others. Taylor Swift and the ways white women exploit allyship 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z

In Bock's intelligent and open-minded rendering, the old assumptions about masculinity and femininity no longer apply. Lily Knight sets 'A Small Fire' aglow with her performance 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z

A psychiatrist born into the age of doctor-knows-best, Laing's questioning of every assumption about mental illness earned him derision, as well as a devoted following. Unthinkable? Rehabilitating RD Laing 2011-08-26T22:06:42Z

“I never made any assumption that we’d get any kind of financial support from either one of our families,” Cody said. The GOP wants to ban same-sex marriage. These newlyweds just want a traditional happily ever after. 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

“I want to make cider that will change people’s assumption that wine goes best with food,” he said. Brooklyn Cider House Opens in Bushwick 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z

“The assumption in a lot of my work is that people want to make something out of nothing,” he said. John Baldessari, Who Gave Conceptual Art a Dose of Humor, Is Dead at 88 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z

But Parks is unconvinced: these metaphors entail certain theoretical assumptions—that, for instance, consciousness is produced by, or is dependent upon, the brain, like software running on hardware. Do We Have Minds of Our Own? 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z

But Gwen Pappas, the orchestra’s spokeswoman, cautioned against any automatic assumption that the resigning directors were necessarily the same as those who opposed Mr. Vanska’s reinstatement; the issues, she said, are separate. Critic’s Notebook: No Decisions Yet on Minnesota Ensemble’s Conductor 2014-03-31T21:43:57Z

But national dietary surveys also suggest that men consume more sugar than women do, in spite of the popular assumptions about “Bridget Jones sitting there with her ice-cream bucket”, said Knüppel. Too much sugar could increase depression risk in men, study suggests 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

Part of this was due to scientific assumptions at the time, and later, when the family did hear from scientists and journalists, they were alarmed and concerned. Oprah Winfrey will star in 'Henrietta Lacks' movie, but who will play Rebecca Skloot? 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

I was gratified to see your addressing of the assumption that part-time doctors are less good for their patients than their “full-time” counterparts. Motherlode: More on Women and Medicine 2011-06-15T19:30:16Z

“The mobs shattered every abolitionist assumption: that righteousness would triumph over evil; that their fellow Americans would listen to reason; that their Northern neighbors would support the abolitionist cause,” the program’s narrator, Oliver Platt, relates. Television Review: ‘The Abolitionists,’ on PBS, About Advocates Before Lincoln 2013-01-07T23:37:57Z

His original, clichéd idea of the black suspect as an innocent victim makes for an easy opening assumption. ‘God’ll Cut You Down,’ a True Crime Book by John Safran 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z

The discovery may force scientists to rethink some basic assumptions about animal propulsion, or forward movement, and it may help with the design of swimming robots. Jellyfish and lampreys reveal unusual way of swimming 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z

What seems to have grated most is the assumption that women would be flattered by the attention, no matter what the situation; that they are always up for being propositioned. Carnality and consent: how to navigate sex in the modern world 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z

Rather, it imagines that plying the audience with mythical rivers of liberal tears is enough and confirms the assumption that there are no funny conservative comedians, which simply isn't true. The late night rise of "Gutfeld!" is telling us something. It isn't funny, but that doesn't matter 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z

The fear of seriousness, and the assumption that seriousness is necessarily humourless, has to be overcome. Tony Hall, take a long knife to the parasites the BBC calls managers 2013-04-02T05:59:01Z

Most likely, he lost them in 1929 at the Manhattan State Hospital for the Insane, when patients’ teeth were yanked routinely on the assumption that physical infection caused mental illness. What is biography? Who can be trusted? asks Jill Lepore in 'Joe Gould's Teeth' 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z

Under the assumption that heavy rains will return again someday to Southern California, the project also will install a new drainage system for runoff water that comes out of the hillside directly behind the stage. Ford Amphitheatre to close next summer for $19.7-million makeover 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z

The assumption that all girls can, will become bad girls in the dark is leveraged to justify an all-penetrating gaze. Intense girlhood friendships are “excellent practice for surviving the heartbreak … of future love affairs” 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z

“Eugenic assumptions about bodily form and biological inheritance were vital to the formation of classic horror’s visual and narrative conventions,” Angela Smith argues in her book Hideous Progeny. Midsommar's ableism resurrects the dark history of eugenics-inspired horror 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z

But these assumptions are based on emotion, not facts. At 100, orchestra has a midlife crisis 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z

Change the context, change the assumptions, and you change the self. Relationship advice: Forget Venus and Mars 2012-09-04T12:00:00Z

Then, in the early 1980s, along came Oily Cart, the brainchild of Claire de Loon, Max Reinhardt and writer and director Tim Webb, to blow these assumptions out of the water. 'Why should severely disabled kids be denied theatre?' 2012-12-21T14:30:08Z

I think I probably fall into the majority of people who, when they meet Mark, you immediately have an assumption. 2010-01-09T04:08:00Z

We have been kind of raised with the assumption that everything is always forward, with the assumption that democracy is just in our DNA, and certain things are just never going to happen. An architect of critical race theory: ‘We cannot allow all of the lessons from the civil rights movement forward to be packed up and put away for storage’ 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

A common assumption in academia at the time was that there were no reliable records of the lives of Black folk, so they had no history to speak of. Alex Haley Taught America About Race — and a Young Man How to Write 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z

Howard is trying to construct a dark, absurdist farce about missed connections and mistaken assumptions; Beth assumes that Ronny, a recovering gambling addict, has fallen off the wagon in some spectacular fashion. "The Dilemma": Vince Vaughn's psycho-stalker breakdown 2011-01-14T20:30:00Z

First, there’s the assumption that you’re carrying the thing at all times. Cultural Studies: Don?t Call Me, I Won?t Call You 2011-03-18T20:49:18Z

It is easier to wave a “boys will be boys” wand over a lot of these behaviors, so I strongly recommend befriending the parents of the other kids, to check your assumptions against theirs. Perspective | A parent of a teenage boy wonders: What happened to my kind kid? 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z

He wants to combat the assumption that deaf people are always in need of help. His modeling photos got him noticed, but didn’t show one thing: He’s deaf 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z

Both the clothes you see and the clothes beneath those clothes, and the subconscious assumptions that accessorize them. Is This What Post-MeToo Looks Like? 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z

“Of course, sense of humour is relative, is subjective, but there is an assumption that black people won’t find certain things about white comedies funny,” she says. Issa Rae: 'So much of the media presents blackness as fierce and flawless. I’m not' 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z

“I knew the past year had cracked me open and changed my assumptions of what my life could be,” she writes. In ‘I Might Regret This,’ Abbi Jacobson Hits the Road. Insomnia, Heartbreak, Hilarity and Self-Discovery Ensue. 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z

Then simply asking, "Hey, how are you feeling about this?" would be a better approach than jumping right in with assumptions about how cool Black people must think these products are. Does this smart watch come with an app to deal with casual racism? 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z

My assumption that all Europeans are as placid, mature and even-handed as the Swedish royal family has been rather shaken lately by all this euro chaos. When wrongdoers forfeit human rights 2012-05-26T23:05:57Z

In the end, all you can do is look very, very hard at yourself sometimes and hope that you catch this stuff – your assumptions and gender biases and all the ducked conversations. A feminist's guide to raising boys 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z

He begins with an axiomatic assumption: that the self isn’t just “a parcel of vain strivings,” as Thoreau once wrote, but essentially a fiction. Review | At the Guggenheim, a memoir about America, colonialism and desire 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z

But mostly it seems to operate on the assumption that it’s still funny, post “Fernwood Tonight” and “The Larry Sanders Show” and Mr. Letterman, simply to expose the talk show’s fundamental insincerity. Television/The Web: Fishing Online for Cable Viewers 2011-02-20T02:01:55Z

“It’s tricky now, when people are reconsidering our shared assumptions about sex roles.” Analysis | Take my wife joke, please! A campaign trail cliche finally bombs 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z

The poems, ranging from darkly challenging to direct and moving, require readers to levitate above their own assumptions and embrace a world that is, in many ways, “a paradise of vagaries.” Review | The best poetry collections to read this month 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z

Coupled with The Great Resignation is the assumption that people who have left their jobs are embarking on entirely new adventures, morphing their lives into a form that's fulfilling. Why the latest "What We Do in the Shadows" twist makes sense in The Great Resignation era 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z

Madame’s culinary chauvinism, in contrast, seems as dated and stereotypical as the frog’s legs and escargots on her menu, and the film’s assumptions about gender and cooking. In ‘The Hundred-Foot Journey,’ Kitchen Wars Break Out 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

A mistaken assumption leads Ruth to pretend that she is pregnant, and suddenly she finds herself pampered by her pals, at home, at work, even on public transit. Review: ‘Preggoland.’ It’s a Nice Place to Visit. Sort Of. 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

Which is an understandable assumption, I guess, if one writes a 400-page novel based on a short story, you should like it. Essayist Sloane Crosley reveals the literary bad man who inspired her first novel 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z

Gutfeld's success might come as a shock because it punctures long-standing assumptions about what comedy is, who can produce it and who will enjoy it. How conservative comic Greg Gutfeld overtook Stephen Colbert in ratings 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z

As a society, we default to the assumption that families are the source of best interest for individuals, even as we watch for signs of abuse or coercion. I was sure that legalizing aid in dying was the right thing to do. Then I met Bad Cripple 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z

“People have an assumption you live off lettuce, don’t they? But that’s changing.” The unstoppable rise of veganism: how a fringe movement went mainstream 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z

But a subsequent interaction with a New Republic senator dissolves the assumption that the Empire has cornered that market. How "Ahsoka" takes the sexist subtext of "Star Wars" and brings it to the fore through Hera Syndulla 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z

It filters down into a not-always-helpful body of assumptions, to tell a story that is very much focused on us as isolated and unique individuals whose experiences are personal and whose solutions are personal. "I'm not getting over violence against women": Rebecca Solnit discusses her new anti-memoir 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z

But look close enough, and you’ll find tantalizing hints about the assumptions embedded in modern online communication. Look Who’s Smiley Now: MoMA Acquires Original Emoji 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

And many of our most powerful institutions and assumptions about men and woman are being rocked, if not yet toppled, by that discussion. How Do I Deal with My Anger Toward Men? 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z

They want to be inspired to live healthfully at whatever size they are now, without the default assumption that certain sizes are inherently better than others. “Any body—every body—is a bikini body”: Women’s Health bans the phrases “Bikini Body” and “Drop Two Sizes” from its covers for good 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z

But one of the virtues of this slender volume is how gradually and scrupulously it moves, as Nussbaum pushes you to slow down, think harder and revisit your knee-jerk assumptions. When It Comes to Politics, Be Afraid. But Not Too Afraid. 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z

Another reason the information on these labels could be misleading is that it makes the assumption that all calories consumed are equal. Why food labels showing the exercise needed to burn off calories won’t work for everyone 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z

He follows this with a series of questionable assumptions and assertions. World War II Seen by a Classicist, and Other New Books About Conflict 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

So I started with the assumption that this type of technology is possible, and started building from there. Why ‘Dr. Brain’ Is More Subdued Than Sensational 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z

TV networks want a great economy to sell ads in, but TV writers probably like working with the assumption that it’s tough out there—not for propaganda reasons but dramatic ones. The Lagging Economic Indicator of TV Shows 2012-03-15T12:51:43Z

Meanwhile, implicit bias training encourages officers to recognize the set of racial assumptions they carry but do not consciously control. Three New Books Discuss How to Confront and Reform Racist Policing 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z

Anthropologist David Sutton also suggests that food can serve as a tool to challenge the so-called market "rationality" and other assumptions of contemporary neoliberalism. Why food is such a powerful symbol in political protest 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z

The music, the gigantic cars, the cheap gas and the unshaken assumption that America is the land of the free, home of the brave — for the most part. Stephen King's ambitious new novel, '11/22/63' 2011-11-11T21:02:03Z

I’m sure on occasion that’s a fair assumption, but on a good day what you’ll get back from this column is confirmation that what you suspect is the reality. I admitted feelings for a friend. Why is he deleting my emails? | Dear Mariella 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z

This year is no different, with onlookers guessing that Spielberg will either gravitate toward the kind of warm-hearted films he's best known for, or seek to deliberately contradict that assumption with a more audacious choice. Cannes film fest opens with DiCaprio, Spielberg 2013-05-15T15:10:11Z

The accents, the miming, the assumption of multiple characters, the buildup to some terrible trauma, all are satirized here. Review: In ‘Kate,’ Tracing the Tears of a Clown 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z

They remind us how prevalent is the assumption that others know what is best for us. My mom’s a chronic debtor 2013-01-22T01:00:00Z

There was an assumption that I wanted to be a major-label pop singer and these label people wanted me to work with a quote-unquote ‘real’ producer. Grimes: from goth-ballerina to electro-pop artist 2012-10-17T20:36:00Z

Many times people will describe something that they read with this assumption that the writer or creator has endured it personally. Comics author Brian K. Vaughan on his global hit "Saga" and making art in troubled times 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z

Renaissance Italy seems less appealing and the old assumptions are toast. Reel dilemma: are we condoning the conduct of Hollywood's tyrants by watching their films? 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

So much harassment is predicated on the assumption of no response, getting off the shot before the target can fire back. The Much-Needed Humor of the Women’s March 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z

Even without this evidence, it would be a safe assumption that junk food advertising works. Is it finally time to ban junk food advertising? A new bill could improve kids’ health 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z

The pairings are intended to set up each family for revelations about identity, and to challenge potential assumptions about race, religion, gender and other issues. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Home Sweet Home’ and ‘Succession’ 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z

There are other ways that servers make assumptions about the way men and women order. Servers, stop handing the check to my husband. I can pay, too. 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z

They are tired of other people’s assumptions, they say, and tired of being shouted at. Review: In ‘The Appointment,’ the Fetus Sings Out 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z

A scattering of individual objects united by no overarching curatorial theme, the installation seems based on an assumption that visitors will have a context for its largely religious Christian imagery. Making Museums Moral Again 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

This assumption will soften your heart to her, as well as soften your heart to yourself because she is not the only one discouraged. Perspective | My 8-year-old is constantly mean to her sister. How can I correct her behavior? 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z

“Wiener-Dog” dramatizes these assumptions in the inscrutable presence of a nonhuman observer, a dachshund who goes by a few different names and endures the company of a variety of masters. Review: ‘Wiener-Dog,’ the Tail That Wags Through a Few Bitter Lives 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

Together they seem to say: Beware of your assumptions, historical and otherwise. Art Review: Free-for-All Spirit Breezes Into a Vast Art Fair 2011-03-03T23:15:11Z

The assumption behind these seasons – that entertainment takes a vacation – is becoming less and less true. Running on empty: culture in the silly season 2010-07-28T20:31:00Z

Only when a stranger enters with information that would rock her assumptions if they proved to be true does Ms. Atkins let a faint tremor cross her brow. Review: In ‘The Height of the Storm,’ Two Stars and an Enigma 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z

But, don’t worry, ladies: Daniels and her team have some keen suggestions on how to avoid others’ baseless assumptions. Other Women Don't Like Your Sexy Profile Picture 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z

I have more assumptions about the wealthy than I have actual experience with them. In Italy, among the literary A-list, I find my own siren song 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z

You've walked in with a different assumption, well that may be nice but that's not what we want you to assume. Tribune interview with Rahm Emanuel 2012-02-12T13:12:00Z

"It keeps you honest because so many assumptions that you carry with you to these places get shattered," he said. Author Chris Hedges: 'This is what corporate exploitation does to you' 2012-06-20T22:00:07Z

It may help you to practice some CBT on that as well, replacing these beliefs with more nuanced and concrete assumptions. You don’t know $#% about CFS 2012-07-25T00:00:00Z

The underlying assumption is that deception will, due to the stress induced by lying, lead to a measurable response in the form of increased perspiration, heart rate and so on. Are polygraph tests reliable? 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z

At this point the opera exposes the folly, even the danger, of making idealized assumptions about the “other.” Review: A Newly Relevant ‘L’Amour de Loin’ at the Met 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z

For the actress, that presented even more reason to push back against people’s assumptions about Anne. How One Actress Is Reshaping the Story of Anne Boleyn 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z

Headings are handy, but it would be nice to choose ones that don't suggest hidden assumptions. Why distinguish between 'cast' and 'creatives' in theatre productions? 2011-03-21T11:28:01Z

And even if he missed the awfulness of the comment, his blithe assumption that you will shoulder his parents’ racial education is entitled and insensitive. My Boyfriend’s Parents Are Ignorant About Race. Why Should I Have to Teach Them? 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z

“There’s still an assumption that it’s mothers that want flexibility, but if you are a divorced or single father, you really need it,” she says. I don't know how he does it! Meet the new superdads 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z

But she doesn’t explore that hunger for fame and attention or her working assumption, maybe drawn from her parents and their colleagues, that hers would be a public life. Review: ‘Not That Kind of Girl,’ by Lena Dunham

An easy assumption to make is that the live presentation of the material, without any backup band, as Springsteen toured alone for the first time, would become even sleepier. Bruce Springsteen's "The Ghost of Tom Joad," then and now 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z

Akhtar enjoins us to reflect more deeply on our assumptions about  one another. 'Disgraced' at the Taper: Islam, America and the cloudy prism of perception 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

Netflix, which streamed 2 billion hours of video in the fourth quarter of 2011, is already operating under the assumption that video networks - whether streaming or televised - are converging. In original Internet shows, hints of coming change 2012-01-26T23:26:10Z

Our assumption seems to be that reproduction is a female responsibility first and foremost. The foul reign of the biological clock | Moira Weigel 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

The reviewer makes many assumptions about what is known and what is not commonly known about history. Review: John Leguizamo Goes for Easy Laughs in ‘Latin History’ 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z

It is an art form that applauds competitive bragging, personal confession, credentials of authenticity, social observation, the assumption of personas and alter-egos. It's a rap: hip-hop and Hollywood 2012-07-19T19:00:00Z

Referring to it as a companion is an assumption, I'll admit. The "South ParQ Vaccination Special" fails to be funny – but maybe that's the point 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z

Drury, though, is after a more vigorous intervention with our assumptions, about our views of our fellow citizens and ourselves, as you will no doubt understand after your own encounter with “Fairview.” Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Fairview' at Woolly: Both serious and a hoot - The Washington Post 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z

"There is this assumption that much of what I write is about my life and that simply is not true," she says. Siri Hustvedt 2011-03-25T07:00:00Z

That includes confronting social assumptions about race, masculinity, and living in the United States as a second-generation immigrant. Jonathan Escoffery Has a Reality He’d Like to Share 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z

Don’t stay in a limbo of pity and assumptions. Perspective | Before you diagnose your sister-in-law’s issues, be a friend 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z

Even in men she loves, she discerns unthinking assumptions that relegate women to a subordinate role. Review | A woman reconstructs her past with the help of an old journal in ‘Memories of the Future’ 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z

The studies upon which such an assumption is based are scant, poorly controlled and not convincing. 9 blind spots most therapists share 2014-03-17T00:00:00Z

You won’t hear him opining about his parents’ background as Tamil Muslims from India, and he said he’s tired of people’s assumptions that he encountered rampant racism growing up in the South. Comedian Aziz Ansari Will Host MTV Movie Awards 2010-06-03T23:23:00Z

Vice promises to try new approaches: the show doesn't have a regular news anchor, and will work under the assumption that viewers have seen the day's headlines and are looking for something different. Vice debuts its nightly newscast on HBO 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z

Our brains tend to get into a groove of assumptions and automatic reactions, so the more detailed your notes, the better. Perspective | My 5-year-old is mean to her older brother. I can’t seem to stop it. 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z

Usually you can make some fairly solid assumptions about who’s won what by looking at the attendees and no-shows on the red carpet. Cannes 2017: Palme d'Or winner announced – live! 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z

Including pronouns may not suddenly change people’s minds, as you say, but it’s a useful reminder to avoid making assumptions and to address people correctly. Do I Really Need to State My Pronouns? 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z

Every favor Elena bestows upon Mia, a black woman who dresses herself and her child in hand-me-downs and sources everything she owns from the Goodwill, emerges from a place of assumption. "Little Fires Everywhere" is a gripping, soapy reminder of that yesterday's ills are still present 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z

“Operating under a series of incorrect assumptions, the Museum’s leadership did not send a draft of the requested apology to Waters after the mediation,” the statement said. Artists call for removal of Bellevue Arts Museum director, citing disrespectful behavior toward a curator and artists of color 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z

Courts have been proceeding on the assumption that executions may one day resume. Jury recommends death penalty for ‘Boy Next Door Killer’ 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z

This assumption, too, is common in modern nature writing. Is our love of nature writing bourgeois escapism? 2013-07-06T07:01:00Z

But will mainstream companies be willing to invest in a transgender woman to represent their brands, on the mostly untested assumption that she will inspire consumers to identify with her, and to spend? Will the Fashion World Accept Andreja Pejic As a Woman? 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z

She observed that her male collaborators are typically credited for the sound of her records; because on stage she mainly sings, there is a widespread assumption that she neither produces nor plays an instrument. The World Needs Female Rock Critics 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z

“The claim that cultural institutions that engage in such propaganda should be ‘exempt’ from accountability measures simply because of the abstract assumption that ‘art and culture are above politics’ is absurd.” Festival in Oslo Rejects Film by Roy Zafrani, Citing Cultural Boycott of Israel 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z

And as I previously wrote, her assumption of the role is not merely historic due to her gender. The new “Doctor Who” review: Jodie Whittaker takes control of the TARDIS 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z

We enter into the foreign country of marriage lugging our particular baggage: assumptions and emotional hard-wiring, expectations and longing. The Valentine’s Day we got it all wrong — and right 2014-02-14T00:00:00Z

The assumption was that none of its art survived. Art Review: ‘Golden Visions of Densatil’ Opens at Asia Society 2014-02-20T23:13:05Z

Often, when feminists or political activists talk about the need for more female candidates, the assumption is that these activists want only female candidates to win. Perspective | Three women — three! — were on the debate stage, and it was game-changing 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z

Yet it has also become an overexploited genre, rendered saggy by narcissism and an assumption that it’s the easy option. The critical drubbing for Will Self’s book shows there’s a subtle art to memoir | Hadley Freeman 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z

Dangerous learning assumptions indicate the need for reform across curriculum programming and teaching practice. We can see the gender bias of all-boys’ schools by the books they study in English 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z

Operating from the assumption, always, that history can be found out and outed, Walker’s sphinx shows up our assumptions: She has “black” features but is white? Kara Walker's Radical Domino Sugar Sculpture 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z

The common assumption is that its people welcome assimilation, much in the way that's assumed to be true of native Hawaiians. "Watchmen" finale: One last reveal explains all those eggs and the crushing weight of legacy 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z

She observes that caste “is about respect, authority and assumptions of competence — who is accorded these and who is not.” Isabel Wilkerson’s ‘Caste’ Is an ‘Instant American Classic’ About Our Abiding Sin 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z

Then of course there’s the narrative, which you owe to no one, certainly not to defend yourself against assumptions that were unfair and unfounded in the first place. Carolyn Hax: A younger stepmom getsfrozen out by the 40-somethings 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z

"People casually watch the headlines, and the instant assumption is that your business is going down, your business is gone." Exotic Car Clubs Thriving In Touchy Times 2010-06-07T20:00:00Z

The self-satisfied cultural assumptions of the central quartet of “Non-Fiction,” like their social and sexual roundelay, is vacuum-sealed; the characters don’t walk in a street with any life or a city with any people. “Non-Fiction,” Reviewed: A Vacuum-Sealed View of France’s Culturati 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z

“Adhocracy” tiptoes around this concern under the assumption that delivering information and tools into the hands of nonexpert, ordinary people will make everyone more free from mindless consumerism and control by big business and government. Art Review: ‘Adhocracy’ at the New Museum 2013-05-09T20:27:22Z

The metaphor is an apt one, for Cargill seemed to point to a casting choice that challenged gender assumptions as somehow redemptive for its catering to racial ones. White isn’t a neutral color: “Doctor Strange,” Tilda Swinton and the “unwinnable” diversity argument 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z

Accusing her friends of cowardice made less sense — not just morally, in terms of outrage, but also descriptively, in terms of comprehension — once she abandoned these assumptions. Should Anthropologists Judge the People They Study? 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z

The assumption is that it is a satiric work, mocking a woman emblematic of excess and desperate to be loved by anyone with some to spare. Buxom and Doomed: The Odd Marriage of Opera and Anna Nicole 2013-09-27T14:09:14Z

I suddenly suspect I’ve made incorrect assumptions about other people’s posts. Carolyn Hax: Boyfriend comes through after girlfriend drops hints 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

Little by little, the fabric of reality starts to give way: a phrase here, an object there, that makes you second-guess your own assumptions and expectations. My streaming gem: why you should watch Happy as Lazzaro 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z

Wishing his audience good luck was an acknowledgment that he was asking a lot of us: to listen with open minds, put aside assumptions and join him in taking historical leaps. Marino Formenti, Fully Engaged, at NY Phil Biennial 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z

Even women themselves make assumptions about their own ability and about others because of this. It's a man's world… but why is sexism ingrained in the arts? 2013-03-24T00:06:27Z

That there’s some kind of assumption of biological difference. “Marry Him” author Lori Gottlieb: “I don’t think anything I’ve written is controversial” 2014-02-20T00:00:00Z

In both cases, the tacit assumption was that the complaint of racism should never be used as a crutch for the poor, but can certainly be used as shield for the powerful. What Shielded Bill Cosby? 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z

Very few scientists question the popular assumption that the brain is the foundation of all psychological phenomena. Science doesn’t know everything 2013-06-02T18:00:00Z

“The assumption that there is no real difference among black people is exactly what racism is.” A country song, assumptions — and a racial outcry 2013-04-12T04:28:55Z

Think about that observation when someone kicks down a wall in the film, destroying a set and a host of assumptions with it. Movie Review: ‘A Man Vanishes,’ Directed by Shohei Imamura 2012-11-14T22:56:23Z

"Why," he writes, "from beginnings in equally obscure academic publications, had parental investment theory come to permeate cultural assumptions over recent decades while monkey realities remained much less known?" What Do Women Want?: Adventures in the Science of Female Desire by Daniel Bergner – review 2013-07-11T09:00:00Z

In this case, Facebook’s autocomplete feature had made the assumption that “Grandma” was short for “Grandmaster” and adjusted accordingly, tagging the hip-hop pioneer in the process. When Autocorrect Goes Wrong (And So, So Right) 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

He also considers it a success to get people to challenge their own assumptions, including his own. John Oliver: ‘I’m used to audiences not liking me’ 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z

Mr. Jordan also initially made a wrong assumption that the portrait was a fragment of a larger painting rather than a preparatory oil sketch. Historian Donates Velázquez to Prado 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

But even then, the take-no-prisoners wit was already on display, his ability to puncture pretensions and skewer assumptions. Paul Beatty becomes first American to win Man Booker Prize 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

The term carries baggage that “movement” doesn’t, assumptions about training and physique and dependence on music at odds with the inclusive, exploratory spirit of her class. Review: Eiko’s ‘Platform 2016,’ With a Class, a Film and More 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z

Many restaurant workers are paid “sub-minimum wage,” just a few dollars an hour, on the assumption that the rest of their income will be covered by tips. Is Takeout and Delivery Food Safe? 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z

His statement, however, is an example of a false dichotomy fallacy, or the assumption that if something is one thing, it cannot be another. Why are people calling Bitcoin a religion? 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z

The mathematician Kurt Gödel upended his profession’s assumptions with his “incompleteness theorem,” presented in 1930, when he was 24. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2021 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

The centuries-old assumption that there are only four meats – beef, lamb, pork and chicken – is crumbling after unconfirmed reports that the European Space Agency has identified a mysterious “fifth meat”. There's a search for a fifth meat – and 19 other things podcasts taught us in 2016 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z

The arrangement evokes a serene classicism, until panels start sliding or falling away, suggesting the collapse of a society’s assumptions. ‘Rameau’s Nephew’ and ‘Witch’: Ambitious shows that miss the mark 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

But the assumption and presumption of this episode meant it was how I felt now. Cybersex before meeting? That’s not for me 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z

She eventually received the treatment she needed, but the tortuous ordeal disrupted her assumptions about the medical profession and her sense of self. Investigating a Famous Study About the Line Between Sanity and Madness 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z

It’s my assumption that this may be keeping her from moving further along in the interview process. Reader worries her obese stepdaughter with a Southern accent will not get a job 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z

Not long ago, that assumption might not have been rewarded — or producers, fearful that it wouldn’t be, might have declined to find out. Review: ‘Collective Rage’ Is ‘The Vagina Monologues’ Times 5 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

Religious people who deny climate science are generally spurred not by theology but by an assumption that climate science is based on political beliefs — namely, liberal ones. One of America’s top climate scientists is an evangelical Christian. She’s on a mission to persuade skeptics. 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z

The closing-night film of the festival poses a quietly radical challenge to assumptions about race, class and the aesthetics of filmmaking. 11 Movies You Need to Know at New Directors/New Films 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z

By looking at what ends up on the cutting room floor, we can see the deepest beliefs and desires and assumptions of state lawmakers to whom the Supreme Court has punted the ball. Perspective | Abortion bans are terrible. The debates over them are actually worse. 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z

Cleopatra's mystery lends itself to all kinds of assumptions, including those concerning her looks. The question isn't why cast a Black Cleopatra but rather why not profile another African queen? 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z

“She challenged assumptions about what was possible for a poor black girl from the South, and she emerged as a figure of courage, honesty and grace.” Maya Angelou, writer and poet, dies at age 86

Unless someone understands their own underlying assumptions, it’s unlikely they’ll change their behavior. Navigating the tricky waters of being a stepdad 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

Do you think there is a conflict between the need to expose fresh injustices and the need to challenge naive assumptions that our suffering is somehow anything new? Steve McQueen: 'Black people are weirdly missing from the narrative' 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z

These sonnets manage, through imagination, to reanimate these lost lives and stand as warnings against quick assumptions about who people are and what their lives ultimately mean. Poet Paisley Rekdal should be better known, and 'Imaginary Vessels' may be the collection to do it 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

Karen Rayne, a sex educator in Texas and author of “GIRL: Love, Sex, Romance and Being You,” says that parents shouldn’t make assumptions about what their kids know. How to talk to kids about sex 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z

It is not hard to notice, in those beliefs, the patriarchal assumptions about what should be valued and what should be mocked. Why do we cry – and what can we learn from our tears? 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

Of course, people don’t necessarily talk about their offenses in detail, so there is some degree of assumption, but the statistics certainly bear that out. Orange is the New Black” author: Prison wastes time, human potential and money 2013-09-06T23:00:00Z

It’s not clear to me if that was an assumption you made or if the United agent offered you a verbal reassurance. One flight missed, whole trip gets canceled. And no refund 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z

“So I said to myself, ‘Why don’t we work on the assumption that racing is going to be impossible?’ ” Making a Pit Stop in Formula One With ‘Rush’ 2013-08-28T12:16:47Z

A hearing on Dish's assumption of the leases is set for Thursday. Dish to take over about 500 Blockbuster leases 2011-04-18T20:56:11Z

There are several bad assumptions that go into that kind of thinking. The Zero Dark Thirty Argument: Why Deceptive Art Can Be Great 2012-12-11T16:10:11Z

Her approach was altogether healthier than my assumption, and more realistic to the ways that we grow to embody our sexual selves over time, through trial and error, and hopefully good humor along the way. The trouble with virginity: What America’s sexual language leaves out 2014-02-23T21:00:00Z

There is another assumption here, one that was conditioned by a difficult upbringing and that is inherent in publishing a memoir, no matter who you are: that everyone is watching and harshly judging. “Small Fry,” Reviewed: Lisa Brennan-Jobs’s Mesmerizing, Discomfiting Memoir 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

Amid the silence, some members of the public are rushing to assumptions. Where’s Melania? A quiet start for a reluctant first lady. 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z

Speculation was ruthlessly curtailed; assumptions and confabulations were sidelined. Bill Maher’s moral superiority: Grandstanding on Islam and political correctness while tragedy in Paris unfolds 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z

In these rooms, black comedians built bits with different references and assumptions. Why ‘Def Comedy Jam’ Gets No Respect 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

The assumption would be that they were just looking for any justification, no matter how baseless, for their politically motivated insistence that 97 percent of scientists are wrong about climate change. Science explains Donald Trump: Why cold weather makes people doubt global warming 2014-01-14T15:24:00Z

Nawaz: One of the things we hear a lot from our viewers is on any given day, along the lines of media literacy there's an assumption of bias with a lot of media. "PBS NewsHour" co-hosts report facts in an era of distrust: "There's an assumption of bias in media" 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z

As plain "Iain Banks", our author began his career with The Wasp Factory, a novel whose dénouement brought a shocking twist, in which our assumptions about the protagonist were overturned. Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks 2012-07-20T21:55:02Z

Bonifield met the man in question about five times, and apparently was under the assumption that he was interested in a career in journalism. Analysis | What the latest James O’Keefe video leaves out 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z

The meme is no longer the subject of nasty angling and baseless assumptions. Christian Girl Autumn was once a joke and has now become a seasonal inspiration of coziness 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z

But I could not begrudge the assumption she had made, even if I was disoriented by the way she had expressed it. Our Autofiction Fixation 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z

Or could it have something to do with the pervasive, shrugging assumption that if you're famous, you've forfeited your rights to privacy? Sienna Miller wins one for privacy 2011-06-07T20:23:00Z

Even if they're not outright saying that, it's between the lines, because the assumption goes also that women have caused the problem because we don't need to marry them in our teens and 20s anymore. How to survive—and thrive—in "The Heartbreak Years" 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z

The 032c piece is an unusual way to consider views from the past in the context of current assumptions. Celebrating the New World, Bravely 2010-05-07T15:15:00Z

It isn’t the story of a monster, but it’s the story of looming monstrosity, of modern people with modern ideas in the grips of unfulfilled urges and inherited assumptions. Highlights from the 2017 Sundance Film Festival 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

First, it obviously puts to rest the widely held assumption that Abrams or any other single figure would oversee the entire trilogy. Expect Rian Johnson to push 'Star Wars' in unexpected directions 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z

“It was a pretty weirdly off-base liberal assumption to think that just because a guy is in the military and has a gun, that he doesn’t have a brain.” With ‘Echo 3,’ Mark Boal Stays in His Comfort Zone: Danger Abroad 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z

With his videos, Jackson believes he’s dispelling the assumption that people turn to social media only to slake their thirst for outrage. The most-followed U.S. congressman on TikTok is doing a delicate dance 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z

Books about how to raise sons come packaged with a few assumptions. Review | Raising a boy in 2020 is tough. Three new books aimed at fathers offer some guidance. 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z

Does just turning assumptions around open your mind, even a little? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Readers talk politics. . . . Wait, come back. It’s really kind of nice. 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z

We were singular people — New York and I — but we were also representations of actual distinct places, and every meaty assumption that those two places hold. City Summer, Country Summer 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z

My point being that while you are stewing over his assumptions and semantics, you are missing opportunities to get this guy on board. Perspective | Ask Amy: Husband needs to step up at home 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z

It’s even an assumption my own son has made. ‘We have never lived together. Is that so strange?’: the married couples who live apart 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z

It is this basic assumption that is under direct threat from an ideological force that believes in the overthrow of India as was born in 1947 and established in 1950. India is on its way to becoming a Hindu nation, suppressing multiculturalism 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z

Recorded at Muscle Shoals in 1968, it challenges assumptions about not only sex workers, but the line between country and soul. Readers recommend: songs about criminals ? results 2011-03-31T12:49:24Z

“The conversation hasn’t fully hit mainstream spaces, because they operate under the assumption that it is never an issue for anyone occupying space in the rooms where conversations about inclusion and representation happen.” Review | Keah Brown is trying to change how disabled people are viewed. Listen to her. 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z

Suddenly, that America felt distant, and certain assumptions about how Americans respect pluralism, and require probity from people in power, were no longer safe to make. Art is not an escape — it’s our most powerful weapon against apathy 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z

Hence my assumption of a takeover by the American Christian right. Sex and the City 2: What happened to good old Sex?| Victoria Coren 2010-06-05T23:06:00Z

The problem with Does Someone Have to Go? is in its founding ideas and assumptions. TV Tonight: Does Someone Have to Go? 2013-05-23T18:37:52Z

“It is incumbent upon CNN to be as transparent as possible, and they are making a lot of assumptions that you’re not going to question where they got the information.” Bellingcat breaks stories that newsrooms envy — using methods newsrooms avoid 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z

But, judging by the creative team being lined up by Sony Pictures, Jolie's 3D outing in the royal barge of beaten gold is set to rip up all our other assumptions about the fabled temptress. Angelina Jolie's Cleopatra will show Egypt's queen as more than a sex kitten 2011-01-09T00:06:49Z

And there are all the assumptions that people make about women dressing a certain way. It takes two: musical duos talk about working together 2013-04-11T18:00:00Z

“There’s an assumption of a homogeneous Muslim identity,” Ms. Rasheed said, “As a person who grew up in an African-American family and who is also Muslim, people forget that we exist at all.” A Sound-and-Art Show Fills a Void for Muslims in Brooklyn 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z

Frothy, goofy, blunt and cynical, “Love Island” is the summertime reality bimbo of series America deserves — hot, temporary, and yet cognizant that it embodies every assumption about the genre's dumbness. Are you watching "Love Island"? It's the feel-superior hit of the summer 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z

Mr. Obama is seen repeatedly questioning his aides and the military about the actual United States mission in Afghanistan and underlying assumptions about the war. Books of The Times: Afghanistan as Obama and Others Game It 2010-09-22T22:53:00Z

Given the box office, the assumption might be that the film would remain a grim anomaly in movie history and the life of Walt Disney. Death wears Mickey Mouse ears: how Disney is doing parents a favour 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z

Ephron was both a traditionalist and a revolutionary, or perhaps a traditional revolutionary; she brought romantic comedy into the era of feminism without challenging its fundamental assumptions about men and women and what they want. Nora Ephron’s romantic-comedy revolution 2012-06-27T16:35:00Z

I challenge all of our legislators to evaluate their assumptions about prisons and the people who live and work in them. Who understands "lockdown" and isolation? The formerly incarcerated are the experts we need now 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z

Though now it seems all those assumptions may have been wrong. What Kate Spade Stood For 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z

Even the best-placed among these writers cannot easily partake of the easy assumptions of security and stability enjoyed by their peers in the west. Mo Yan, Salman Rushdie and censorship 2012-12-13T13:30:04Z

A salad simply is too wonderful a moment in the meal to waste on assumptions. Liberate your salads! | Everlasting Meals with Tamar Adler 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z

A disturbing assumption is that I must be strong-arming my partner into the arrangement: female desire could surely not accommodate such a set-up. My life in sex: ‘We date people together, invite them back to our bed together’ 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z

The director, Michael Morris, knows from the start what movie he’s making: one that robs us of our easy assumptions about who Leslie is. Review: In ‘To Leslie,’ an Unflinching Working-Class Elegy 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

All I can do is control my own actions and keep in check my judgment and assumptions. Internet Mob Justice Isn't Justice At All 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

That evolution also reflects a new willingness among the dancers to probe their faith’s traditions and assumptions. Thirsty for Wisdom of the Body, Finding It in Dance 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z

“The ‘temptation’ is tied to the assumption of Asian woman being docile and submissive and at the same time being exoticized,” Kuo said. Perspective | ‘It’s race, class and gender together’: Why the Atlanta killings aren’t just about one thing 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z

It was the most egregiously false assumption in the history of warfare — as Toll’s trilogy eloquently shows. How the U.S. Won the War Against Japan 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z

However, we're holding off on this assumption until we get a bit more information. 10 Game of Thrones Questions We Desperately Want Answered in Season 7 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z

Cinematic classicism was built upon unquestioned exclusions and assumptions, and the artistry of directors and actors tended to be as deep as it was narrow. Busby Berkeley’s Personalized Beauty 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

“I have to assume that my audience is intelligent,” Onikeku said, and judging by the questions and comments, the audience at PS21 seemed to appreciate that assumption. ‘You Are the Show’: A Hudson Valley Outpost of the Avant-Garde 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z

When a woman is single, the assumption is generally that she’s pathetic, miserable, and broken—probably spending her free time sobbing into her ice cream while watching old romantic films. 4 reasons you should never ask a woman why she’s single 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z

The show’s title, “Los Angeles to New York,” pointedly reverses the usual assumption of contemporary American art’s directional flow. Where yellow means go, and go now: LACMA's standout show on '60s Dwan Gallery 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z

Your assumption may be erroneous, as your responses to medication – both psychological and physiological – are not necessarily constant over time. I hate sex so much we’re getting divorced 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z

The assumption was that he was healing from an injury. The Wild Life and Times of a Soon-to-Be Former City Ballet Dancer 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z

The New Yorker writer often takes assumptions and things we might think to be true and unravels them to end up in a different place altogether. There's a search for a fifth meat – and 19 other things podcasts taught us in 2016 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z

A big problem is the assumption that children in developing countries are under-nourished and need more calories. Global obesity rise puts UN goals on diet-related diseases 'beyond reach' 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z

Indeed, endorsing such an assumption was among the prerequisites for gaining entrée to official circles. Goodbye, age of great expectations: We know how America got here, but where does it go now? 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z

The assumption is that life doesn't need to be navigated with lessons. In defence of self-help books 2012-05-17T09:30:01Z

So I’m going to operate on the assumption that from here on out, what we see of Brody is what we get. Homeland Watch: Into the Woods 2012-12-17T14:15:50Z

It’s even an assumption my own son has made. ‘We have never lived together. Is that so strange?’: the married couples who live apart 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z

The equity fund Gamechanger Films is bypassing those assumptions by tapping investors to bankroll female directors. On Many Fronts, Women Are Fighting for Better Opportunity in Hollywood 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

When I started watching Tube sites in my twenties, my assumption was, "This is a very clear reflection of what straight men most want." Tracy Clark-Flory: "Our culture is totally ignorant around the realm of sexual fantasy" 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z

They’re about manners, assumptions, and ways of asserting power and control. There are rules in my bar — Yes, even you, who called yourself the Angel of Death 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z

Janna’s assumption that shamelessness is essential to financial success is creepily in sync with the strategy of the current president of the United States. 'The Transition' plumbs every poet's worst nightmare: corporate hell 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

I assumed she managed to put some money away, but you are probably correct in your assumption of Otto. ‘Homeland’ Season 6, Episode 1: Carrie’s a Civilian — and a Brooklynite 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z

The work of checking one’s assumptions is continuous, perpetual; there is no end point, no “arriving”. ‘Do you sometimes wish you were black?’: how my child and I talk about race 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z

It sparked conversations about alcohol and consent, as well as the assumptions made when there is a relationship between a Black man and a White woman. Perspective | The 20 defining moments of 20 years of ‘The Bachelor’ 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z

Whitaker shows how important it is to change people’s assumptions about who they are to each other, to change the ways they interact with each other, to change the very structure of the family. Relationship advice: Forget Venus and Mars 2012-09-04T12:00:00Z

Your feelings now, your prerogatives now, your decisions now, are all truths, not assumptions that muddy things up. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A grieving boyfriend wants nothing to do with girlfriend’s parents 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z

The assumption that sundown towns mainly exist the South is incorrect. It's the most wonderful time of year ... to not make your loved ones of color visit a sundown town 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z

Museum director Valerie Steele hopes the steppers will force people to reconsider their assumptions about “the preciousness of dance.” A rhythm travels from black sororities to a Paris runway — and now to Seventh Avenue

Executives at HarperCollins said they began planning the summer-long celebration of “To Kill a Mockingbird” on the assumption that Ms. Lee would not take part. Parties for ?Mockingbird? Birthday, but Don?t Expect Author 2010-05-24T21:41:00Z

The gallerist said there was a widespread assumption that Warhol's output was enormous, that there is an almost inexhaustible supply of his works – "but that is not the case". Andy Warhol's unseen early drawings unveiled next week 2013-01-20T16:31:01Z

The assumption is often that it can’t be done because with men there is actual … evidence. Wait, men fake orgasms? 2013-04-13T22:00:00Z

That assumption set the trap that “In the Heights” fell into. ‘In the Heights’ and Colorism: What Is Lost When Afro-Latinos Are Erased 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z

Her assumption and its wry correction gesture toward a familiar binary — between the implicit solipsism of caring mostly about “the feeling of daily life” and the more enlightened social consciousness of caring about capital-letter Issues. Jenny Offill’s ‘Weather’ Is Emotional, Planetary and Very Turbulent 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z

The ideal case is to have no assumptions. Petraeus affair and the role of biographers 2012-11-14T18:16:03Z

Although I owe whatever success I've had to Four Weddings and a Funeral, it did become frustrating after a bit that people made two assumptions. Englishmen at 50 2010-09-25T23:07:00Z

If only our hero had someone to correct her assumptions, to draw her back to a shared reality, to fumigate her anxious and ridiculous thoughts! In Laura Sims’s “Looker,” a Sad Voyeur Mistakes Her Own Life for a Poem 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z

The messages of City Beautiful design vary from place to place, but often share a set of basic assumptions grounded in American exceptionalism, for which Columbus was an icon. Perspective | On Richmond’s evolving Monument Avenue, myth and ugly lies run deep 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z

What all these approaches share is the underlying assumption that every last producer, sound editor and grip is broadly in agreement about the value of diversity. Three years after Moonlight, why are awards shows still so white? 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z

He is good at undermining the shaky rhetoric of "playing God", and shows that fears of "altering the gene pool" rest on an unfounded assumption that evolution is already doing the best possible job. Et cetera: Steven Poole's non-fiction reviews 2012-02-10T22:55:11Z

You let people make wrong assumptions about you and never corrected them. From Viva Brother to Lovelife 2012-08-13T15:02:00Z

What really irritates me is the effortless assumption of male superiority that suggests male fantasy lives are more serious and real than female ones. Sex and shopping are no worse than gadgets or guns 2010-05-31T06:00:00Z

Sunny and cerebral, Schaal is dismissive of assumptions about what kind of work is for whom. A Show Reminds Young Audiences: We All Got Here From Somewhere 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

Contrary to widely held public assumptions, no self-respecting film critic roots for a movie to fail. Perspective | I don’t root for movies to fail. But here’s why I’m making an exception for ‘Jurassic World.’ 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

There’s an assumption, in American history textbooks, films and the many commemorative specials on last year’s 50th anniversary of the moon landing, of Nasa’s inevitability to get it right, and to be great. Breaking the color barrier: behind the long fight to diversify space 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z

“There’s an underlying assumption that using is unnatural,” he says, but “we self-medicate in a number of ways. That notion that that is problematic is a judgment call.” Addiction isn’t “fun”: The problem with moderation manifestoes 2014-03-03T23:59:00Z

Beyond costs, structural barriers include inadequate language interpretation services and the assumption of health literacy when conveying information. A doctor’s dilemma: How do we treat the patients we don’t see? 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z

When I was a politicised student in the 1980s, nobody made this knee-jerk assumption about culture. Why modern art is not a class issue 2013-01-15T15:11:01Z

Even the smallest action or fragment of speech, she believes, can be a useful clue to the mostly invisible wider cultural assumptions that shape how research is done in any specialized field. An Anthropologist Investigates How We Think About How We Think 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z

I started writing because I was tired of taking in every racist joke, every insult, every assumption. White supremacists 'swatted' my home to silence me. I will not be silent 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z

What’s more, the underlying assumption tends to be that miscarriage is always down to something a woman’s body is or isn’t doing. My four miscarriages: why is losing a pregnancy so shrouded in mystery? 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

In a rousing scene, Malcolm stands on the sidewalk, stares directly into the camera and dares the audience to question its assumptions about young black men. Breakthrough Performances of the Summer Movies Season 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z

It cracks open the assumptions and expectations to which our minds unthinkingly cling. Perspective | Don’t ask if the duct-tape banana is art. Ask if it’s any good. 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

Her assumption is false but she keeps insisting she is right. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Partner with ‘unfortunate past’ becomes jealous, possessive, demanding 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z

The ridiculousness of the premise underlines the joke of putting a tap number in a Jimmy Buffett musical, a joke that depends on common assumptions about Broadway and tap. Ridiculous! Fabulous! On Broadway, Tapping in Quotation Marks 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z

“It’s fully within our social mission to enable and support groups that cause members to challenge assumptions and learn about other ways of living.” Nudists Open Their Homes to Budget-Minded Travelers 2011-09-01T01:30:33Z

Being Black and alone in those environments, whether it's school, work or social situations, attracts assumptions about your fitness to be there regardless of your qualifications. "The Other Black Girl" peeks into the hidden horrors of being the only person of color at the office 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z

We’ve seen over the past year how deep some of these assumptions about what masculinity is, what femininity is, go, and also how painful and destructive they really can be when they don’t go questioned. Love Is Not a Permanent State of Enthusiasm: An Interview with Esther Perel 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z

“The assumption that there is One Right Way for theater patrons to be organized—and that One Right Way means no one sitting in the aisles—reduces gains from trade and limits innovation,” Carden writes. Book Review: Homer Economicus: The Simpsons and Economics by Joshua Hall 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

Underneath it all is the assumption, with a weary shrug, that Melania's marriage was more a mercenary act than a romance, which renders it a pathetic sham, without any honor to besmirch. Sympathy for Melania? 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z

I happen to agree with them: the assumption that natural equals good is wrong. Natural's not in it: just because a product calls itself 'natural' doesn't make it good 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z

While I talk mostly about gender, certain assumptions about race and class were part of pro-family politics. The rise and fall of “family values”: How “religious freedom” became the rallying cry of the Christian right 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z

Her assumption was that, once her colleagues saw the statistics, change would surely follow. Geena Davis just made children’s TV more feminist 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z

Though the romance between Sarah and James is mutual, the antiquated assumptions behind it keep pushing the male-female battle into the foreground. Review: Sound, or Silence? A Passionate Debate in ‘Children of a Lesser God’ 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z

But later research showed that Harker's statistical methods were based on false assumptions. Response: This great folk song collector was not a controlling manipulator 2011-04-01T07:00:02Z

She made a false assumption based on widely circulated, but incomplete, video footage. J.K. Rowling Apologizes for Anti-Trump Tweets (but Not to Trump) 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z

The assumption is that McKellen will play Old Deuteronomy, a wise, elderly patriarch. Taylor Swift to star in Tom Hooper's Cats movie 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

In achieving such strong box-office success, “Fifty Shades” implicitly raises questions about whether many Hollywood assumptions are wrong while also potentially generating a newfound respect for the genre, if not a glut of similar movies. ‘Fifty Shades’ success upends thinking about winter movies 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z

Frame everything from his own moral perspective, including Romney’s positions and assumptions. Email can ruin your life 2012-06-24T14:00:00Z

We gave her a mother with a history of mental illness herself and an assumption that Pat has that it's in the family, so therefore it's natural that it's going to happen to her too. "Shining Vale" creator on the horror of midlife: "Depression and possession share similar symptoms" 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z

It’s time to start rethinking our fundamental assumptions about the causes as well as the trajectory of the Civil War. Did northern aggression cause the Civil War? 2012-08-29T21:41:00Z

I wish that the overwhelming assumption of marriage were not still that it involves a bride and a groom, and that the bride will automatically absorb herself into her husband’s family clan name. Do feminists care if you take your husband’s name? 2013-03-08T16:39:00Z

Both “Elephant” and this film steer away from trying to explain or moralize about what is depicted on screen, perhaps on the assumption that such work will be done, exhaustively, elsewhere. | 'Polytechnique': A Fictional Killer of Women Who Is All Too Familiar 2011-06-28T22:27:56Z

But Naomi, speaking to a group of professional women, is making a point less about her own feelings than about the gender stereotypes and sexist assumptions that prevail in the business world. Review: In ‘Equity,’ No Room for Sisterhood Amid Gloves-Off Wall Street Warfare 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

Your assumption is correct, Game of Thrones fans: Bran Stark will be in season 6. Bran Stark Is Coming Back to 'Game of Thrones' for Season 6 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z

Offhand, I cannot think of many researchers who haven’t tacitly adopted some dubious universalist assumptions. Why Are We in the West So Weird? A Theory 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z

Anna is a child of some privilege, whose parents treat her as an equal, and her assumption is it can all be worked out. Gaga in Love With Like Crazy 2011-10-27T22:58:38Z

Thomas remarks that she’s constantly asked if she has kids, “with the assumption that if I did, I wouldn’t be doing what I was doing”. Faster, higher, longer: how female ultra-athletes started to beat men 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z

Tristram Hunt is right to be concerned about the future of local authority funded museums, but is wrong in his assumptions about the economics of free entry to national museums. Free entry to museums enriches us in many ways 2011-03-13T00:05:44Z

Unfortunately, stereotypes and assumptions about eating disorders have contributed to health disparities in screening, diagnosis and treatment. Eating disorders among teens have more than doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z

When bi or pan people settle into long-term relationships, that can prompt hurtful assumptions that they have either finally “picked a side” or else may secretly hanker after whichever gender they are not currently with. The pansexual revolution: how sexual fluidity became mainstream 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z

Ms. Stewart’s smooth, glowing complexion has spurred the widespread assumption that photo and video appearance enhancers — filters, as they’re known — were employed to alter her face in the Clé de Peau videos. Martha Stewart Welcomes You to Generation Ageless 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z

In all of this is an assumption that the true value of psychedelics is not the experience of them — the grooviness of the moment — but the sediment the experience leaves behind. A Strait-Laced Writer Explores Psychedelics, and Leaves the Door of Perception Ajar 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z

Asylum, a nine-screen installation, takes western assumptions about "exotic" foreigners and destroys them through hyperextension. Artist of the week 110: Julian Rosefeldt 2010-10-21T10:56:00Z

Ocean’s original title for the album was “Boys Don’t Cry,” which also invokes gender stereotypes, assumptions and expectations. Frank Ocean’s queer revolution: How “Blond(e)” asks us to see queerness as the new normal 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z

And so one of the things that we have to guard against is an assumption that people with lower incomes don't want to eat a healthy diet. Food insecurity already affects 12 million US homes — and reductions in SNAP benefits won’t help 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z

The point of the original Parallels was somewhat paradoxical, a grouping meant to thwart assumptions about a group. Ishmael Houston-Jones Brings a New Parallels to Danspace 2012-02-08T23:10:41Z

There was a suspicion of the whole group, an assumption that anyone who was Catholic couldn’t be loyal. God is a weapon 2012-06-21T14:00:00Z

Dinner at the inn’s Crossroads restaurant challenges our assumptions about Southern food. There’s more in Chapel Hill than the Tar Heels, a family finds 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z

But there still seems to be a glaring inequality between the assumption that male fantasy life is serious, even admirable, while the female version is trashy and silly. Sex and shopping are no worse than gadgets or guns 2010-05-31T06:00:00Z

There is an assumption that anything written for children must be second rate. AUDIO: Should adults read children's books? 2013-06-25T09:10:48Z

But your automatic assumptions about the risk might be outsized; and, importantly, this is none of your business. Perspective | Ask Amy: Teen moving into household could place family at risk 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z

Those assumptions are immediately tested when, soon after the title flashes onscreen, the movie cuts to all black and the sounds of unidentified men speaking in English. ‘Expedition Content’ Review: Anthropological Maneuvers in the Dark 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z

Maybe it wasn’t a mudslide as much as a giant oil spill from the tanker on which contemporary western society had been carrying its assumptions about male behavior. Team older feminist: am I allowed nuanced feelings about #MeToo? 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z

It also demands we drop some of our contemporary assumptions about academic disciplines, to understand an age when “science” was not so rigidly delimited, and stretched beyond the natural world to encompass theology and art. Mushrooms, Magma and Love in a Time of Science 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

“My assumption is that all my children are malnourished.” The chicken shop mile and how Britain got fat 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z

I have yet to see or hear of a stereotype that fully applies to every member of the group addressed in the assumption. 'Black people activities' versus 'white people activities'? Give me a break 2013-03-10T15:40:37Z

“I was diagnosed in 1994 when there was only palliative care…I fully expected not to live past age 35. All around me there was evidence that was a reasonable assumption,” Munar said. “I was looked at like a disease”: HIV’s enduring stigma 2014-04-02T16:48:00Z

Race and class divides go beyond the firehouse, according to Ms. Hartman, and the play also explores how members of elite liberal institutions show unconscious bias when making assumptions about merit. Will a New Play Restart a Fire? 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z

This is all entirely a benefit of working with great collaborators like Fiona Staples and reaching out beyond my own initial ideas and assumptions. Comics author Brian K. Vaughan on his global hit "Saga" and making art in troubled times 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z

These narratives speak less to the specific challenges of having a sociopath for a child or a spouse than to the pathology of the unstated assumptions that we all pass along and receive. Marriage Is an Abduction 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

The assumptions we make and accept as fact. Internet predators, vicious Amazon reviews, and how Mitt Romney’s smile inspired a novel 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

“For most people, I think the assumption is Samus is a man.” In Her Verses, It’s Sammus Versus the World 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z

“This experiment of untethering our assumption of ‘You start with a building, you start with a collection,’ may create dynamic new forms of museums that are really good at surviving in the future.” Museums With Ideas, Goals and Sometimes Art. But Walls? No. 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z

They seem to question not only the aspects of human experience they represent, but also their own methods and assumptions. Best Movies of 2022 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z

This view is rooted either in stark realism or fear — fear of change and fear that our least optimistic assumptions about our metropolis are true. Seeking answers to L.A.'s 99-seat theater crisis in the legacies of two theatrical trailblazers 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

The site takes data from major public polls, opens them up, and recalculates the percentages based on these much-more-GOP-friendly assumptions. “The Pollsters Are Biased” Is the New “The Reporters Are Biased” 2012-09-25T14:14:06Z

“This was as difficult a task as undoing one’s own mind, unraveling each layer of thought with all its prejudices and assumptions.” In This Novel, Art Is the Key to Another’s Consciousness 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z

If you think his language risks tarring every Muslim with the terrorist brush, he says, then yours is the unjust assumption. Comedy gold: Brendon Burns's So I Suppose This Is Offensive Now? 2012-11-22T17:43:08Z

The assumption was always that I was not. Q&A with Daniel Dae Kim: Keeping the secrets on ‘Lost,’ taking a stand on ‘Hawaii Five-O’ and working to protect Asian Americans 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z

More than one director has been sent to run the agency on the malicious assumption that the experience would doom any future political prospects. One of the Most Perilous Jobs in Government 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z

She prefers to operate on the assumption that good work is rewarded. Skylar Brandt: A Ballerina Invests in Herself 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z

Actually, a lot of people were bothered by Perry – Lee dismissed him as “coonery buffoonery” – but the assumption, particularly outside the African-American community, was that the battles had all been won. Black films matter – how African American cinema fought back against Hollywood 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

There is, in other words, a concealed assumption in the question: that we are talking about the transplant of a human rather than animal face on to a human being. 'You may now turn over your papers' 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z

Speaking ahead of Murdoch's testimony, the judge leading the inquiry appealed for people not to make assumptions about what Hunt was up to. At inquiry, Rupert Murdoch defends 50 year record 2012-04-25T13:22:06Z

In the mission statement of the World’s First Parliament of Religions, meeting in 1893, he finds evidence to support his conclusion: that contemporary views of religion originated in Christian assumptions. Faith and Reasons: Two Authors Explore the Persistence of Religious Feeling 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z

“Removing the stigma and assumption that tech is only supposed to be for men is necessary, and I think we need to start from as early in children’s lives as possible,” says Aderinokun. Breaking the code: how women in Nigeria are changing the face of tech 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z

“More students today than ever are thinking about what gender means and are using this language to get away from masculine and feminine gender assumptions,” said Eliza Byard, the network’s executive director. After Curfew: Choosing a Pronoun: He, She or Other: After Curfew 2011-09-30T21:53:03Z

But he never seems to stray from an overall assumption that the progress these cities made was “good.” ‘A History of Future Cities’: urban gateways between East and West 2013-02-20T19:58:37Z

The functional mechanisms and background assumptions that Darwin offered are sufficient to explain the origin of species. Sex’s feel-good evolution: Charles Darwin’s erotic shocker 2014-03-09T20:00:00Z

It was his assumption that there must be a body that determines what’s morally and ethically sound. Film: Conducting Documentary Diplomacy 2011-01-16T02:43:01Z

Implicit in studies like these is the assumption that we want to eat fewer calories, which is understandable given how many people consume more calories then they burn-i.e., they’re overweight. Everything you think you know about breakfast may be wrong 2013-02-06T19:57:00Z

No matter how well-intentioned diet talk is, the assumption that thinner is better can be “incredibly hurtful,” Mercedes says. Thanksgiving means family, food — and plenty of harmful diet talk. Here’s how to deal with it. 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z

You might think TV executives would operate on the assumption that lots of people will be home for Thanksgiving and idle, and that therefore it’s a good time to put the best programming foot forward. Thanksgiving TV Fare: Wild Animals, a Tame Train and a Tribute 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

It's amusing enough, but there's an assumption that we care whether Robin Williams voices the Genie, or that we're fond of The Lion King's songs, which – in my case – isn't justified. Thom Tuck ? review 2011-08-28T17:30:01Z

And the assumption that most of us are "good" until we prove otherwise. Motherlode Blog: I Hate Being Called a Good Dad 2012-11-09T16:57:12Z

But how much is that bias, conscious or otherwise, rooted in gendered assumptions at the executive level extending back to the mid-20th century, and how much do personal histories play a role? Why women really don’t get to host late-night TV 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z

A poet of wry observation rather than nebulous epiphanies, she often seems to be conjuring the kind of intimacy that comes from shared assumptions and experiences. Glass Wings by Fleur Adcock – review 2013-06-28T17:10:01Z

Flash of inspiration … Dennett invokes a lightning strike to question our assumptions about reality. Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking by Daniel C Dennett – review 2013-05-15T06:00:03Z

Deciding who these viewers are, and which disbeliefs they’ll willingly suspend, entails some telling assumptions. The Handmaid's Tale's race problem 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z

The driver sticks with her at the hospital despite the assumptions that come along with his presence. Filmatique: Where to Stream Foreign Movies You Can’t Find Elsewhere 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z

Opposition from Tower Hamlets council and community activists has granted the club a brief reprieve, according to the staff, who all work under the assumption that any day could be the venue’s last. Why is the gay leather scene dying? 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

A study last year found that 59 percent of transgender respondents, none of whom identified as sex workers, reported having been stopped by police under the assumption that they were selling sex. Condoms shouldn’t be a crime 2013-04-23T21:35:00Z

That was the case with Goulding, and this year the widespread assumption is that Essex popster Jessie J would be the one whose name was announced this morning on Radio 1. If you're not on the list: the BBC Sound Of ? poll 2011-01-06T22:00:01Z

“This is an enormous accusation that they made using a load of assumptions, but it’s really based on nothing more than a snippet of information.” Scholars Doubt New Theory on Anne Frank’s Betrayal 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z

My assumption is that people in the field are sort of like, why are you re-canonizing the canon? Netta Yerushalmy’s Cabinet of Dance Curiosities 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z

There’s an implied assumption of stupidity here, that either viewers won’t be smart enough to synthesize meaning from acting and writing, or that the acting and writing won’t be competent enough to convey that meaning. Press stop: why Hollywood needs to quit relying on the vlogger 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z

What are the working assumptions about race in "Game of Thrones"? What are some other the rules of that world? "Game of Thrones" isn't "just fantasy": Westeros is a reflection of our terrible realities 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z

And slowly, I saw that some of my assumptions were wrong. Are literary classics obsolete? 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z

If it doesn’t, of course, if we fail to remain lean and healthy or our children fail to do so, the assumption is that we’ve failed – we ate too much sugar, or our children did. Is sugar the world’s most popular drug? | Gary Taubes 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

But it also tries to correct popular misconceptions — like the widespread assumption that the tune originated as a drinking song. ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ Has Changed a Lot in 200 Years 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

This brilliant, viciously amusing takedown of bourgeois complacency, gender stereotypes and assumptions and the illusion of security rubs your face in human frailty as relentlessly as any Michael Haneke movie. ‘Force Majeure,’ a Dark Swedish Comedy 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

They make the grave assumption that the best way to cheer someone up is to tell them that all will be well. In defence of self-help books 2012-05-17T09:30:01Z

"There is an assumption that whatever the audience sees on the screen is the way it was always meant to be," he says. Oscars 2011: Will the Brits win big in the technical categories? 2011-02-27T00:05:55Z

That shadow is a new element in Almodóvar’s imagined universe, and it challenges some of his artistic assumptions. ‘Parallel Mothers’ Review: Almodóvar’s Brutal, Beautiful World 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z

"There's this automatic assumption that it's all about the male gaze." "How to Fix a Pageant" director on 2022 Miss USA scandal: "It was clear something was not right" 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z

“The assumption that we understand something as being weak is always combined with the assumption that we understand something else very well. Both are wrong, I think.” 10 Hours Gives Us (Almost) All of Schumann’s Songs 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

“For this, I was working under the assumption that people would read it who don’t like me or don’t even know who I am.” Moby goes where Brian Eno, and his ancestor Herman Melville, went before 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z

In this new book, he dismantles a number of assumptions that underpin the teaching of craft in workshops. For More Inclusive Writing, Look to How Writing Is Taught 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z

There is an assumption that twins have a special relationship; a bond that goes far deeper than that of normal siblings. Penelope Bush's top 10 teen twin books 2013-03-28T16:29:47Z

Jane Austen’s self-enclosed world enveloped me, soothing in its contours and assumptions. In Trying Times, the Balm of Jane Austen 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z

Onstage, Reich, 23, fashions himself as a hyperkinetic Gen Z avatar, playing off prevailing assumptions associated with those perennially known as “kids today.” Review: In ‘Leo Reich: Literally Who Cares?!,’ He’s Too Hot to Live 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z

Scruggs would wear short skirts and low-cut blouses in a male-dominated office but any reputation that arose as a result was based on a regressive assumption. 'Crass and contemptible': is Clint Eastwood's new movie built on a lie? 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

They are meant to make you examine your own assumptions. Velvet Ropes, Inclusion and Kanye West in Paris 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z

"I may have assumptions of Chinese theater that may turn out to be totally wrong" after seeing a show, said Bandhu, who encounters stereotyping as an Asian-American actor. Global artist group LoNyLA hones work via webcasts 2011-06-28T18:41:33Z

In addition to not body shaming yourself or anyone else, ask yourself what assumptions you make about fat people — and then dismantle those beliefs. Body shaming yourself: How to fight the ‘pervasive sense that there’s something wrong with you’ 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z

“It’s almost putting these stereotypes in your face and making you realize how ridiculous these assumptions are,” the actor said in an interview. Satire is a tricky enterprise; 'Get Hard' filmmaker knew that going in 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

One of the most common — and dangerous — assumptions is that Medicare will cover you outside the country. Perspective | Health insurance for travelers: Which one is right for you? 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z

Using clever pastiche and paradox to question American assumptions of supremacy, it is always working on many levels, as you can hear on the cast album scheduled to be released on April 17. What Is the Sound of a Theater Season Interrupted? 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z

You have to convince people to be involved in this set of assumptions, traditions and rituals they think they most want to be involved in. In defense of single people 2012-07-09T01:00:00Z

What Drake has needed is an opportunity to refresh, a chance to be unburdened of old assumptions. Drake Rebuilt Hip-Hop in His Image. Now He Wants You to Dance. 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z

Were listener assumptions about your race an issue working in the audio world, and how did you decide how to address it? Nancy Is a Radically Honest Podcast About LGBTQ Issues That You Need to Listen to 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z

It would be, if the assumption that “terrorists” get put on “terrorist watch lists” was a natural fact, like the redness of ripe raspberries or the wetness of water. Reminder: The no-fly list is riddled with dangerous flaws 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

Before "House of the Dragon" aired, the assumption was that this aspect of the novel would be dropped. Whose truth? On "House of the Dragon," what is unseen often matters more than what's onscreen 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z

Jimmy’s naked need for reassurance repulses him, and he recoils at his brother Eli’s assumption that the job of sheriff is his so long as Nucky rules the roost. "Boardwalk Empire" finale recap 2010-12-06T13:30:00Z

Emergent technologies including biotech, nanotechnology and IT hold the potential to fundamentally alter our basic assumptions of what it is to be human. The bright side of science fiction 2010-04-01T10:08:00Z

The portrayals were full of fear or assumptions I never understood. Fifty Years Later, Black Panthers’ Art Still Resonates 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z

And it rested on an unattractive sort of disdain, and the assumption that volume and willingness to be scorched-earth snide are equivalent to truth. Review: HBO’s 'Any Given Wednesday' Brings Out the Worst in Host Bill Simmons 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

I’m sure I’m going to learn a lot, and I’m sure a lot of the assumptions that we’re making will turn out to need adjustment. Steven Soderbergh and Amy Seimetz Made the Pandemic Movies of the Moment 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z

To solve personal and creative problems we need access to our own hidden or automatic assumptions. From grad school to social work 2013-02-11T01:00:00Z

Frida’s lawyer says the judge might let her off easy because she’s light-skinned; later, her classmates make assumptions based on the fact that she is Chinese. What Happens When the State Controls Moms? 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z

Handily, Ocasio-Cortez is a woman of color in America, so there’s no shortage of grotesque assumptions and biases in the collective psyche to mine. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wins the rigged conservative shame game — by refusing to play 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

"My response would also be: We're all making assumptions as to who I am, and what my past is and what all of our pasts are." Who gets to play who on screen? The queer question of Julianna Margulies on "The Morning show" 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z

Until we do, though, the assumptions and vitriol seem especially overblown. The “other woman” doesn’t deserve death threats: Khloe Kardashian and Scott Disick devolve into celebrity breakup bloodsport 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z

Later, a full version of the video revealed that she also told her audience that she ultimately reconsidered her racial assumptions and helped the man. Bannon molded Breitbart into a far-right sledgehammer. How it will be wielded in the Trump era? 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

Young believes in a pervasive tendency for men to be skeptical of women’s responses to events — what boils down to the age-old assumption about hysterical females. Why don’t men believe women? 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z

Writing on Twitter on Friday, Jenner said the recent story was based on “a number of inaccurate statements and unproven assumptions.” Kylie Jenner is not a billionaire, Forbes magazine now says 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z

At Cherry and Martin, guest curator Christopher Eamon means to throw a monkey-wrench into casual assumptions about modern technology, and largely he succeeds. Upended assumptions in "Augment This" at Cherry and Martin Gallery 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z

The assumption is that our children will have some type of ordered activity, program, or instruction during this free time. Motherlode Blog: The Genius of Unstructured Summer Time 2012-04-20T16:15:07Z

The second assumption is that diminishing returns won’t be a problem for series being mounted across a span of five years or longer. Can binge-releasing franchise movies a month apart work at the box office? 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z

The Arizona law “potentially would allow someone to be stopped and picked up and asked where their citizenship papers are based on an assumption,” Obama said in a recent interview. High Court to take on Ariz. immigration law 2012-04-25T10:05:00Z

It's one thing, and a good thing, for a hospital to default to the assumption that a mother will nurse her baby. Motherlode Blog: Bloomberg's Breast-Feeding Nudge — or Shove 2012-07-31T19:46:03Z

There is an assumption embedded in the figure of the artistic genius — that every faculty must be directed toward the art, leaving life behind. Lesley Manville Has Waited Long Enough 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z

In the interview, the tells the source that she typically doesn't allow hate to get to her, but the "pregnancy rumors" and "career over kids" assumptions are something she has always taken seriously. Jennifer Aniston on "painful" comments about not having children 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z

Or they make assumptions based on a perception of my work, rather than the work itself. James Kelman 2012-07-29T19:00:01Z

This is, to say at the least, a large assumption, But it’s one that fits the film’s perspective. Black power’s coolest radicals (but also a gang of ruthless killers) 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z

That makes everything related to this special and all else generated by Rock's conflict with Smith collateral, including the perceived damage and assumptions concerning the comedian's political views. Chris Rock's "Selective Outrage" best exemplifies that comedy isn't black or white – it's green 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z

Inevitably, this leads to the assumption that she will be a remote, austere figure. Timberlake Wertenbaker: 'I'd love to write for Holby City' 2013-01-14T18:45:02Z

Even a cursory look at presidential transcripts archived by the University of California at Santa Barbara’s American Presidency Project reveals a lot of assumptions to reconsider. Analysis | Take my wife joke, please! A campaign trail cliche finally bombs 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z

But Peck defied those assumptions by building the character from the text instead of following prior depictions. How Ethan Peck's Spock became the mirthful glue binding us to "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z

And he offers this unassailable truth: “Rethinking fundamental assumptions is not a strength of the press, especially the political press and even more especially the campaign press.” Yes, the media should cover Trump fairly — but even better, hold him accountable 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

There is an assumption made that the people involved should predominantly be men. Star Wars new female character 'extremely significant', says producer 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z

Though it is "impossible" to say whether all those deaths were caused by pass-out "activities," Rogg said it’s a "likely assumption" that at least some of the children were participating in some kind of "game." Her son died from a ‘choking game.’ Now she’s determined to save other kids’ lives. 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z

Still more entered regular medicine in nursing and social work, careers that closely aligned with cultural assumptions about women’s more caring nature, and as such were structurally subordinated to the mostly male doctors. The battle for medicine’s soul: A century of alternative remedies 2014-01-19T19:00:00Z

A World War II-era story about the only woman to lead a major French resistance network challenges outdated assumptions about who deserves to be called a hero. 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2019 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

He thinks, then gently deconstructs the implicit assumptions about cinema contained therein, and rolls the ball back to the interviewer’s feet with a smile. This Season’s Best Books on Hollywood 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z

The book had claimed to identify the informant who alerted Nazi police to the Frank family’s hiding place, but the report’s authors said the conclusions were based on “faulty assumptions” and “careless use of sources.” Dutch Publisher of ‘The Betrayal of Anne Frank’ Halts Publication 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z

There was an "assumption that because you were blond and an actress, you were available," she says. Sylvia Syms: 'I'd like a really evil part' 2012-07-19T19:00:04Z

People always hold up future generations as the embodiment of hope and expect their children’s lives to be better than their own, but you seem to want to avoid that pat assumption. Ta-Nehisi Coates: ‘I Don’t Want to Be Anybody’s Expert’ 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

Single dads, however, tend to be viewed as selfless and dedicated, because the assumption is that they've put their children above all else. What made Bob Saget’s Danny Tanner so different from other sitcom dads 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

Ernaux also upended assumptions about what literature could be, said the French writer Édouard Louis, the author of “The End of Eddy.” Annie Ernaux’s Work Dissecting the Deeply Personal Is Awarded the Nobel 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

So I sort of made the assumption that she was quite bossy, she was authoritative, she was confident and she had a sense of humor. ArtsBeat Q. & A.: Emmys Watch: Christina Hendricks on 'Mad Men' 2011-09-16T18:46:55Z

The latter assumption didn’t sit well with me, especially as someone who supports sex-worker rights. My own “indecent proposal” 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z

In our current atmosphere of political fanaticism and fantasy, his reasoning is a joy, as are his sense of nuance and his willingness to question his own assumptions. How New York City Pulled Itself Out of the Lower Depths 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z

Yet the fragility of that assumption is exposed with each new pandemic, earthquake, tsunami or drought.  French Photographer Wins Prix Pictet 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

Now that Strong has completed her ninth season on the show, some of her collaborators are working from the assumption that she has given her final performance as a cast member. Cecily Strong Is Starting a New Conversation 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z

A lot of us grew up with the assumption that if you work hard anything is possible, and that so much can come of going to school and getting good grades. Frank Oriti’s Paintings at Richard J. Demato 2013-08-15T21:13:34Z

Regardless, they definitely fueled assumptions that a gendered division of labor arose early in our species' evolution. The original "Paleo diet" and archaeologists’ mistaken assumptions about gender roles of ancestors 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z

But established schemes are built on the assumption that people have the disposable time to camp out in line, or the flexibility to drop everything if they win the digital lottery for that night. How to Birth a New American Theater 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z

Critics are advised not to be so snobby or to take solace in the assumption that these books will eventually lead readers to more substantive works. Review | Paulo Coelho’s ‘The Archer’ aims for profundity but misses 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z

By then, we are in on their secret, and accustomed to seeing them, in public places, hidden in plain sight, cloaked in unspoken assumptions that are at once painful and protective. Review: ‘Carol’ Explores the Sweet Science of Magnetism 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

The latter affects all Americans, a lot, and the Sunday shows are now generally built on the assumption that they don’t care about it. Chuck Todd to Take Over Meet the Press 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

If the theologians of Genesis had the insight and authority to critique many other assumptions in the cultures in which they lived, why not this one about women? The Book of Genesis, part 6: Patriarchs and others 2011-01-18T12:37:35Z

Additionally, she wrote that she wanted to fight the assumption that mothers should sacrifice their entire lives for their children. Mommy blogger takes heat for posting about daughter despite girl's protests 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z

I am particularly interested in traditions: how they almost sneak up on us and surprise us, despite our misguided assumption that we are fully in control. A Gratin That Embraces Tradition, and Innovates on It 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z

The assumption is that the novelist is able to do one or the other. Ahdaf Soueif: In times of crisis, fiction has to take a back seat 2012-08-17T15:00:01Z

“These stories are inconclusive, we say, and proceed to frame a criticism based upon the assumption that stories ought to conclude in a way that we recognize,” Virginia Woolf would later write about Chekhov. Love in the Time of Numbness; or, Doctor Chekhov, Writer 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z

It's also important to do your research before making assumptions. Native Americans know that cultural misappropriation is a land of darkness 2012-05-18T09:00:01Z

I think the assumption was that if you were bright, then in the course of time your husband would probably leave you. Diamond jubilee: writers reflect on growing up Elizabethan 2012-06-01T21:50:02Z

Eedy then gets to her real point: "My assumption is, you have no prospect for the future." "Andor" reflects our ugly ambivalence, trafficking in antisemitic tropes while calling out fascism 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z

He's the rare black host with national TV and radio platforms, one who sees his job as challenging Americans to examine their assumptions on such thorny issues as poverty, education, and racial and gender equality. Tavis Smiley marks 10th year on PBS 2013-05-24T13:31:11Z

On the other hand, if people can’t grasp her purpose — which is to question our assumptions and ideas — then it’s not her problem. Fashion Review: Prada, Jil Sander, Gucci, Salvatore Ferragamo, Neil Barrett, Zegna and Calvin Klein Show Spring 2014 Collections During Milan Men’s Fashion Week 2013-06-26T21:45:04Z

Think of the character who turns out to be gay at the end of the stop-motion animation ParaNorman: nothing is altered there but our own assumptions. Deadpool: the pansexual superhero who has never had a non-heterosexual experience 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

Professions of all kinds — military pilots, comedians, firefighters, advertisers — are confronting how artificial intelligence will change longstanding responsibilities, as well as assumptions they have about the technology. Museum Curators Evaluate A.I. Threat by Giving It the Reins 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z

He decided to retreat to the golden age of French dining, and went to Paris on the assumption that some classic restaurants would still be serving old-school haute cuisine in which he would find inspiration. The Perfect Menu. Now Change It. 2011-02-16T06:00:43Z

"It can be difficult to derive any assumptions about market conditions from the year-over-year numbers," she says. Reaction To Forbes Ranking Of Denver Housing Market 2010-04-19T19:21:00Z

It may stem from the French origins of the word vinegar, vin aigre, meaning "sour wine" — an unfair assumption that all vinegar is made of bad juice. The case for cooking with vinegar 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z

You know, the assumptions about math and science were there, the stereotypes are there. Q&A with Daniel Dae Kim: Keeping the secrets on ‘Lost,’ taking a stand on ‘Hawaii Five-O’ and working to protect Asian Americans 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z

“However, my experience in leading discussions and workshops with older adults makes it clear to me that I cannot make assumptions or generalizations around generational differences,” she said in an email. Sharing stories from decades ago, older women find their place in #MeToo 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z

All this canny nomenclature seems predicated on the assumption that the larger a woman is, the more shame she experiences when shopping. Plus-Size Wars 2010-07-29T15:41:00Z

Within this framework, Lindelof and his writers hone the drama’s approach down to a single aspect of racial inequality that assists in its perpetuation: the reflexive common assumption that heroes are white. "Watchmen" creator Damon Lindelof talks about America's white superhero complex 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z

When we're fooled by a magic trick, it's because we make the safe assumptions and our minds are working exactly as they're supposed to work. Joshua Jay explain how magicians think — without ruining the magic 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z

Working on the assumption that anyone who can get such a rise out of Gawker is, ipso facto, worth reading, I’ve kept “In Praise of Messy Lives” at my bedside in recent weeks. Books of The Times: ‘In Praise of Messy Lives,’ Essays by Katie Roiphe 2012-11-27T16:27:18Z

“We just never spoke about it,” he says, correcting the assumption. Review: A Bus Crash, a Breakup and More Reverberations in ‘Tremor’ 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z

It’s even in the name: “The Real World” or “The Real Housewives” — with the implicit assumption that life can be as curated as, say, a filmed brunch gathering of pampered celebrity wives. ‘This American Wife’ Review: Wives Out, Knives Out 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z

He said that he and his staff had even talked about someday doing a “corrections” episode, in which they would revisit their own assumptions and conclusions from previous segments. Adam Conover Turns a Skeptical Eye to the Presidential Campaign 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z

The addition of the @ sign “relies on the assumption that physical possession of an object as a requirement for an acquisition is no longer necessary” to the museum, she wrote. Look Who’s Smiley Now: MoMA Acquires Original Emoji 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

Last year’s political upheaval is a reminder that assumptions considered unquestionable in polite society aren’t necessarily shared outside it. Did #OscarsSoWhite work? Looking beyond Hollywood's diversity drought 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z

It’s founded on the assumption that Troy’s voters aren’t using the library enough to be alarmed at the simple prospect of its closing. Click here or we’ll burn this book 2012-06-28T00:00:00Z

Only my own deepest assumptions about the worst usually coming to pass saved me from a gambling problem. My Father and Sandy Koufax 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z

Their brevity limits the scope of individual artistry no less than their mercantile messages and assumptions do. Can a Musical Sponsored by a Toilet Manufacturer Be a Work of Art? 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z

As a culture writer who sometimes overlaps with politics, I always hate the knee-jerk assumption that other areas of journalism are somehow lesser—dumber, less substantial, less significant—than politics. Batter Up! Keith Olbermann Returning to TV, But Not That Kind of TV 2013-06-05T14:33:58Z

On current evidence, it appears that assumption is an increasingly risky one, to say the least. From Spider-Man to Alien: why does Hollywood keep spoiling its movies? 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z

“I like countering assumptions,” Ms. Slemmons said in an interview at her studio in Chicago. A Jewelry Maker Who Goes Far Beyond Metal 2012-12-06T16:07:04Z

However, the writer/director cannot corroborate any of the assumptions he makes in the film; in fact, he opens “Vice” with a disclaimer, “We did our f**cking best.” Adam McKay's "Vice": A sly, irreverent portrait of Dick Cheney's monstrous power 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z

The assumptions and the nature of the inferences made in the court's judgment all reinforce patriarchy in its dominant "family values" register. Dental nurse sacked for being irresistible – all perfectly legal in Iowa 2012-12-27T17:19:00Z

As we try to put our best faces forward on social media, “Basic” ingeniously reminds us how often our assumptions are wildly inaccurate. Now Playing: The South by Southwest Film Festival, Sort of 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z

That plan “apparently has made certain assumptions from looking at satellite images taken at low tide,” Mr. Parker wrote to the F.A.A. Last Stop on the Way to the Cosmos? No Thanks. 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z

Miriam and Christine would seem to be at very different stages of their romantic lives, but under the undulating motion of this cruise, both find themselves shaken loose from long-held assumptions. Review | A famous ship gets a stormy send-off in ‘The Last Cruise’ 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z

One of the most rewarding and maddening of these assumptions is that design is a learning process. On the Runway: The Evolution of Design 2011-05-06T15:52:30Z

“Perhaps the deep seated and silent assumption in the West,” he wrote, “remains that Muslims are simply not worthy of serious dissidents, do not deserve them and are ultimately incapable of producing them.” The Stabbing of Salman Rushdie Renews Free Speech Debates 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z

The assumption is based on two well-known works. Philip Roth and race: A legendary novelist's troubling pattern 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z

But where Dawkins comes off as a raging, insensitive tool is in his blithe assumption that human reactions ought to be predictable and similar. Richard Dawkins doesn’t get to define sex abuse 2013-09-11T19:00:00Z

There’s an assumption that to some degree the story is over now, but will it really be so easy to kick Sterling out of the league? “Keep the heat on Adam Silver!”: Author Dave Zirin sounds off on Sterling, LeBron and Muhammad Ali 2014-05-09T13:24:00Z

But what really defines it is a relative lack of assumptions. My Vancouver: An Ever-Unfolding Story 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z

Maybe it’s folly — or bias — to raise an eyebrow at such partisan political rhetoric, or to challenge the emotions and assumptions that underlie it. Are the Movies Liberal? 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z

Overcoming such assumptions gives “Oslo” its shape and substance. Review: ‘Oslo’ Fills a Large Canvas in a Thrilling Production 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z

The shrugging assumption that, Hey, it was a different time has been used as a repulsive defense for all kinds of ugly behavior. Richard Dawkins doesn’t get to define sex abuse 2013-09-11T19:00:00Z

What’s so frightening, of course, is that the leakers’ assumptions are entirely accurate. Army tank made of cupcakes 2012-06-15T14:54:00Z

The assumption that major directors from outside opera will automatically bring fresh thinking to bear is questionable. Peter Gelb?s Tenure at Metropolitan Opera 2011-11-25T15:13:27Z

Maybe they really were that oblivious; if that's so, this is a part of the story that could have benefit from a bit of narration instead of leaving us to make assumptions about their ignorance. Netflix's new Colin Kaepernick series is as ambitious but not quite as successful as its subject 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z

“There is an assumption that if you’re young and pretty, you will get all these opportunities that are way beyond your musical foundation,” she said. Esperanza Spalding on a Year in the Spotlight 2012-03-16T15:58:59Z

To be precise, it began with two assumptions about the history of life that led Darwin to perform those experiments. Evolution, but different: Adventures of a Darwin-doubting botanist 2014-01-12T15:00:00Z

My assumption was that it would go on for ever – as radical, confrontational and political as it was in September 1981. Alexei Sayle: 'I'm still full of hate' 2013-01-22T18:45:01Z

That’s the argument for diversity in our communities, schools and workplaces: It challenges our comfy assumptions. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: The friend who has everything, except the benefit of the doubt 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

“My hand wasn’t shaking because I was afraid,” she explains, countering the man’s earlier assumptions. ‘Yellowjackets’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap: Hunger Games 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z

“The assumption is that if you’re Black, you are not, nor will you ever be, German,” said Angelo Camufingo, 28, one of the organizers of the group Black Lives Matter Berlin. Black Germans Say It’s Time to Look Inward 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z

And so if they're not seeing themselves, their assumption is, "Well, nobody else is going to care either." "The Old Guard": Gina Prince-Bythewood on superhero diversity, that ending & sequel possibilities 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z

Designers, he explained, operate on the assumption that in the future doors will just magically open. Design: Some Handles Go Into Hiding; Others Make Grand Entrance 2011-07-03T03:27:01Z

But, I mean, I operate on the assumption that I will never work again. TV A-listers wonder: Who would win on Survivor? 2010-08-27T05:41:00Z

Missoni made no bones about dressing to have a good time, with lots of long colorful looks swathed in ruffles and the assumption you might be still wearing the dress the next morning. Fashion Review: Marni, Jil Sander, Armani, Versace, Versus, Bottega Veneta, Aquilano.Rimondi: Milan Fashion Review 2011-09-26T23:35:43Z

Labor-intensive, visually compelling works by the Bahamian artist seem to challenge outworn heroes and cultural assumptions of the Western canon, yet some of Strachan’s simplest pieces may be his most pleasing. Artist Tavares Strachan’s show at Frye packed with subversive drama 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z

In the late 1990s, Ms. Prada’s “ugly beauty” collections challenged all kinds of assumptions, and her latest batch of clothes, in geometric prints and jacquards, really descends from that period. Fashion Review: Collections from Milan Fashion Week, Prada, Fendi, MaxMara and Versace 2012-02-24T23:55:00Z

Mr. Carnegie’s book offers very good advice on bad assumptions. Review: ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People,’ by Dale Carnegie 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

The faulty assumption here seems to be that the more functionless clothes are, the more like art they become. Art Review: ‘Punk: Chaos to Couture,’ at the Metropolitan Museum 2013-05-09T20:07:09Z

Poovey said that in its youth, Facts was viewed as "universal principles that everybody agrees on" or "shared assumptions." Facts, 360 B.C.-A.D. 2012 2012-04-20T21:47:00Z

The assumption was that the government has taken her clothes and her homes and she can’t get them back. In ‘Blue Jasmine,’ Suzy Benzinger Turns Clothes Into Characters 2013-08-21T20:25:28Z

It was inspiring to see how his cutting methods changed over his career, yet how certain assumptions remained fixed. On the Runway: The Evolution of Design 2011-05-06T15:52:30Z

There is an assumption that a blog gains certain rights over an artist, track or video simply because they posted it first. Have we forgotten the joys of music blogging? 2010-07-08T15:41:00Z

When we announced the project, there was an assumption that we'd be running around going, 'Oh God, the building's falling,' something crass like that. Rupert Goold's Decade: can 9/11 work on the stage? 2011-08-24T20:31:01Z

Former Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee activist Courtland Cox contends in the documentary: “The assumption is that, at some time, it stopped. And that’s not the case. It never stopped.” Traveling While Black: behind the eye-opening VR documentary on racism in America 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z

“There’s the assumption that it’s an anti-police book, when the fact is it’s anti-police brutality,” Thomas said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. Book Banning Efforts Surged in 2021. These Titles Were the Most Targeted. 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z

Yet, throughout her career Ms. Bartoli, when not championing overlooked opera composers from earlier eras, has found her own path into touchstone roles and challenged audience assumptions about the standard repertory. Review: Cecilia Bartoli Has Dramatic Depth as ‘Norma’ at Salzburg Festival 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z

“It’s a common assumption that this level of freedom only works for managers or people who work remotely,” says De Ridder. Five ways work will change in the future 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z

This means she often bumps up against the widely held assumption that reborn collectors are substituting dolls for children. 'People don't get it': inside the world of hyper-realistic baby doll collecting 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

The usual assumption is that Mozart's predatory lothario is the chief villain. Don Giovanni; La bohème; English Music festival – review 2012-06-09T23:06:16Z

Implicit in Amis’s assertion is the assumption that capitalism works because it conforms to human nature. Letters to the Editor 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

As a result, they’re taking more precautions, fewer risks and making no assumptions. Perspective | It’s been a wild year for travel. What’s ahead for 2018? 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z

Recognizing that “Western culture has long approached religion” — including Hindu, Buddhist and Taoist traditions — “in a way profoundly shaped by Christian assumptions,” Miles demonstrates the point. Faith and Reasons: Two Authors Explore the Persistence of Religious Feeling 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z

Doing so means knocking down ingrained assumptions about how men and women think and behave, especially around domestic life. Women, stop worrying about being liked — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s advice for living boldly 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z

What I found most annoying about this piece, besides its dismissive comments about small art films, or its lauding of profit as a model for selection, was its assumption that popular is better. Oscars Show Growing Gap Between Moviegoers and Academy 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z

When we moved, or said goodbye to our relatives as they crossed borders, we did so under the assumption that we’d always be free to travel. My mum's 3,000 miles away, and I miss her. When will I see her again? 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z

It had been a reasonable assumption, for nervous western onlookers in the early 60s, that a society which launched satellites must also have solved simple everyday problems such as supplying lettuces and children's shoes. Red star rising 2010-08-06T23:04:00Z

The thing about working this way is it eliminates assumptions.” Ferguson Events Reverberate at One-Minute Play Festival 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z

And if they thumbed their noses at authority, it was with the implicit assumption that authority could take the joke. Unsinkable Captain of Spoofs 2010-12-01T20:43:00Z

I didn’t come to this story with assumptions. The Women of ‘The Dropout’ Want to Humanize Elizabeth Holmes 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z

“They clearly looked at Rosie, a lab, and just assumed I was in the military. I never lied, but that was the assumption people always made.” The number of fake assistance dogs is exploding – but who are the owners behind it? 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z

On this question, Mr. Ellis is noncommital: “While we can never know for sure,” he writes, “the balance of historical scholarship over the last 40 years has made that a highly problematic assumption.” Books of The Times: Joseph J. Ellis Portrays the Pivotal Summer of 1776 2013-07-01T20:42:33Z

“Now we get into assumption. He quickly ran out, bought the first Conan Doyle book he could find, shoved it under his nose and asked him to sign it.” A Sherlock Holmes Mystery at the Grolier Club 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z

It creates a host of subconscious assumptions in the blink of an eye about what readers might find once they crack the cover. Prince Harry, Up Close 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z

But shopping at high-end stores while Black, especially young and female, too often feels like navigating a minefield of assumptions, microaggressions, and thinly veiled hostility. I’m not a sales assistant 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z

A new exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts confronts two false assumptions embedded in the art world. Review | They’re women, they’re black and they don’t make art about that 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z

"I thought I could challenge or complicate the knee-jerk assumptions and offhand comments strangers had made." "Dear Damage" author on when your family's tragedy makes headlines 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z

Such characters provide role-models that otherwise were missing, but also perpetuate the assumption that boys can’t identify with girl heroes, and that truly co-ed teams of superheroes are impossible to market to kids. Super Hero Girls: My daughter wants comic stars that look like her — and your son needs them, too 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z

Such assumptions were exacerbated, says Wilson, by prejudices about tennis itself as an "effeminate, camp" sport, as opposed to the earthy brute force of the major team sports. Love Game: serving up equality 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z

Critics, too, often fall into the trap of making assumptions about audiences. Perspective | Is Crystal Bridges, in rural Arkansas, the most woke museum in America? 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z

As Mr. Castro rose in the industry, he continued to challenge assumptions regarding race. Terry Castro, a Proud Outsider in the Jewelry World, Dies at 50 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

Crosswords quietly have an ideological agenda: to shake up your assumptions and put ideas from everywhere next to each other. How Crosswords Put Your Brain Into Hyperdrive 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z

“Just coming from a background where the assumption is love, respect, dignity, listening, that makes it much easier to perpetuate that way of treating a person.” How we stay together: 'You don’t have to make the other person be just like you' 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z

In one scene, a character walks down a side street lit and styled to resemble Paris, an assumption strengthened by the French music lilting in the background. "Dispatches From Elsewhere" casts a wondrous spell, but can it overcome our cynicism? 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z

The assumption is that the teacher is in it for the passion "without ever recognizing, 'no, this is literally my paycheck.'" Pay for those Zoom fitness classes if you can. Your instructor needs an income too 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z

When I was a child, the love and pride my grandmother took in her color, the assumption of dignity and elegance, was an unspoken guide to how to navigate the world. Why black people discriminate among ourselves: the toxic legacy of colorism 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z

In “Christmas: A Biography ,” social historian Judith Flanders questions the widespread assumption that “a deeply solemn religious event” has been “sullied” by our own secular, capitalist society. Review | Christmas: Holy day, holiday or nostalgic wish? 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z

Their thing used to be the main thing, the default thing, the assumption. Misogynist Online Abuse Is Everyone's Problem--Men Included 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

The elegance of Darwin’s idea is the way the story plays out, coupled with the fact that it relies on a small set of functional mechanisms and assumptions. Those functional mechanisms are three in number. Sex’s feel-good evolution: Charles Darwin’s erotic shocker 2014-03-09T20:00:00Z

Some are manufactured from photographs and assumptions borrowed from other memories. Religion ruined my childhood 2014-02-16T00:00:00Z

So I’m going to try to answer this without making any assumptions. Work Advice: Can an employer ask job seekers about their political views? 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z

The assumption that there must be fertility issues at play. 'We felt complete': why I chose to have only one child 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z

And even though divorce has changed in the last 20 years — improved, as has so much in our private lives — negative assumptions persist. Modern Love: Happily Ever, After Divorce 2012-06-01T15:44:50Z

Those assumptions are challenged once they recount their crimes. Review: ‘Pervert Park’ Presents Sex Offenders in Their Own Words 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

These inferences tended to rest on rudimentary allusions: either racialized stereotypes about Hernandez falling into "gangsta life" after his father's death or simplistic assumptions about brain damage causing criminal acts. How portrayals of the NFL are shaping criminal justice reform 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z

Switzerland works on the assumption that the extradition request from the U.S. is based on correct statements and the secret testimony wouldn't change that, Justice Ministry spokesman Folco Galli said. Swiss don't want secret testimony in Polanski case 2010-04-30T12:11:00Z

“I‘m sorry for keeping you in the dark through all the assumptions,” Jenner wrote. Celebrity Kylie Jenner announces birth of baby girl 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z

Our default assumption is that if a character is the center of a story, he or she is the hero. From Tony Soprano to Hannah Horvath: What Does a TV Show ?Want? You to Think of Its Characters? 2012-04-18T17:05:00Z

The idea that someone would wait for a year is an assumption that we should no longer make. Paperback Publishers Quicken Their Pace 2011-07-26T22:00:22Z

I’ve found that three social myths seem to undergird their assumptions. Navigating the tricky waters of being a stepdad 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

The assumption that extreme ambition and avarice are natural for young and old alike and that moneymaking schemes take precedence over all else looms over this story like a noxious cloud. Riff: When ‘Dallas’ Was the Capital of America 2012-06-02T04:00:06Z

Levi sets the stage by noting that the assumptions many experts made about energy just a few years ago were wrong. New book gives balanced view of energy debates 2013-06-03T15:58:11Z

They should make no assumptions because the two were in a relationship. 'It's always high drama. It's somebody's life at stake': inside British rape trials 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

LaRue also takes exception to my assumption that only conservatives are trying to remove titles from schools and public libraries. Perspective | Do we really still need Banned Books Week? 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z

Most of the play is written in the form of stage directions, and the audience bases many of its assumptions on nonverbal cues. In Bess Wohl’s ‘Small Mouth Sounds,’ a Loss for Words Leads to a Gain in Insight 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z

In the past few years I’ve found myself questioning my assumptions and doubting what I thought I knew about my country. What I Learned About Democracy From the Movies 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z

Just as critics need to operate in good faith, so should consumers of criticism proceed from the assumption of good faith. Film: ?Inception? Criticism Raises Questions for Critics 2010-07-23T22:17:00Z

Initially, a decision was made to conduct new interviews, on the assumption that Terkel's original conversations inherently reflected a very different world of work from the one today. 'Working' brings Stud Terkel's stories back home 2011-02-19T17:04:29Z

I like to think that had they stayed and listened to me that day, they might have questioned their assumptions. Was She J.D. Salinger’s Predator or His Prey? 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z

Charted here are the epochs from such early times to the war of independence, through to the expansion of the nation and the industrialisation in the 19th century to the eventual assumption of superpower status. Readers recommend their favourite books of 2010 2011-01-01T00:05:32Z

A Jackson estate spokesman said the IRS's appraisal values "were based on speculative and erroneous assumptions unsupported by the facts or law." U.S. agency says Michael Jackson estate owes $702 million in taxes 2013-08-23T21:15:41Z

Keep making episodes like this, and that’s a perfectly safe assumption. The Good Wife Watch: Team Red Team! 2013-02-18T15:32:39Z

Debates about the meaning of the Bible are confronted openly and without bias, so long as they don’t undermine those assumptions. Perspective | The new Bible museum tells a clear, powerful story. And it could change the museum business. 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z

To appeal to broad audiences, sitcoms often rely on the shorthand assumptions that form the basis of stereotypes. Why are sitcom dads still so inept? 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z

There is nothing wrong with expressing femininity in this way, but this assumption can be a burden for Latinas who choose not to look this way. 6 harmful media myths about sex and Latinas 2014-02-02T22:00:00Z

But she questioned the assumptions behind wondering why the crisis was happening “to us.” Will a Pandemic Shatter the Perception of American Exceptionalism? 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z

And the assumptions that undergirded our founders’ design have been, in important ways, radically altered. Al Gore still thinks the Internet might save us yet 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z

There were others who disagreed over the reasons for God’s anger, but not necessarily with the assumption that God can be wrathful. Are natural disasters part of God’s retribution? 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z

But I did say, you might have certain assumptions about America and what kind of a country it is. How an adopted girl's tragic death became fiction: David Guterson on "bearing witness" 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z

He accounted for the gossip by saying that he was a famous man and a single man and his enemies made malicious assumptions on that basis. The shameful history of silence on child abuse 2012-10-06T23:06:33Z

Still, Romero says that “some people are being a bit unrealistic” in their assumptions that everyone is on board for a hot vax summer. ‘Hot Vax Summer’ is coming. Can it possibly live up to the hype? 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z

Played with savvy charm by Lauren London, the budding costume designer furiously calls out Jonah Hill’s unhappy broker and fledgling podcaster for his assumption that she, a Black woman, is his rideshare pickup. ‘You People’ Review: Guess Who’s Going to Roscoe’s 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z

Whereas Borat blended its offensive gags with satire, challenging cultural assumptions and balancing its stupidity with a kind of behind-the-scenes, barely detectable intelligence, Grimsby lacks a deeper purpose beneath its outrageous exterior. The 10 Most Disappointing Movies of 2016 So Far 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

This simple phrase wiped away our blind assumption that the single libretto for “Dido” represented its first performance. The More We Learn About ‘Dido and Aeneas,’ the Less We Know 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z

Like so many others, she made certain assumptions, including that Hillary Clinton would win in 2016. Perspective | RBG and the empty triumph of liberal pop culture 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z

And to writers: As a critic who is compelled to use metaphors to describe the intangible qualities of a performance, I also wonder about the assumptions I’m making when I use certain words. Early-Music Ensembles: Praised as Pure, but Seeking More 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

"If he is going free on bail, the assumption is he'll have a trial at some point," Akrami said in an email. Iranian director finds freedom and moral victory 2010-05-25T13:25:00Z

The strangeness of reality consistently exceeds the expectations of science, and the assumptions of science, however tried and rational, are very inclined to encourage false expectations. Marilynne Robinson: Can science solve life's mysteries? 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z

Smith described the effect of those assumptions as a kind of “double consciousness.” Zadie Smith, in Los Angeles, says 'I am a voyeur' 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

It’s the perfect performance to prove how far she’s come since “Twilight,” and Stewart’s willingness to campaign for it should quash some people’s long-held assumptions that she considers herself too cool for Hollywood. Who Will Win This Year’s Wild Best Actress Race? 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z

“Democracy depends on the assumption of good will among its participants,” he said. Margaret Hoover and John Avlon on their Post-Partisan Marriage 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z

Instead, Mr. Conover, 33, grounds this special in historical fact with an eye toward imparting perspective and inviting viewers to reconsider their assumptions. Adam Conover Turns a Skeptical Eye to the Presidential Campaign 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z

The swanky mansion-interior set, with its brilliantly decorated Christmas tree, speaks volumes about the assimilated household’s social and cultural assumptions. Review | Terrific cast in Theater J’s rendering of Uhry comedy 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z

“Like a good crossword, her book challenges us to back away from our assumptions, allows us to think differently and apply ourselves again.” 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z

The usual assumption is that polyamorous people are selfish, immature, incapable of commitment, and their primary relationship is therefore doomed to failure. “It’s not about the sex”: The case for open relationships 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z

The other way that cultural attitudes toward Down syndrome hurt us is through the assumption that individuals with Down syndrome and their families would be better off not living at all. Motherlode Blog: Has Down Syndrome Hurt Us? 2011-10-03T17:10:54Z

Gore believes a planetary civilisation is emerging, but the idea that the spread of global markets and worldwide communications works to dissolve cultural barriers is merely an ideological assumption. The Future by Al Gore – review 2013-01-31T12:00:00Z

He takes as a basic premise the assumption that in a consumer society, the main purpose of photographs is to sell something — one of those things being art. Like What You See? It May be for Sale 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z

More insidious and pervasive are the inadequately disguised assumptions that a female pinball player must be an amateur or some male player’s supportive girlfriend. Women find sexism in male-dominated pinball — so they’ve started leagues of their own 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z

Yet his system is predicated on the assumption that people are basically good and can be inspired by genuine kindness to behave better. ‘How to Win Friends & Influence People’: Why the granddaddy of self-help endures 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

Because it’s considered relatively inexpensive, there’s an assumption that poor people eat more fast food than other socioeconomic groups — which has convinced some local governments to try to limit their access. Do poor people eat more junk food than wealthier Americans? 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z

For more than a decade, my parents refused to get a color TV on the grumpy assumption that new-fangled inventions, in their early years, are too filled with bugs to be worthwhile. Gene Weingarten: Our columnist hits his ‘cell by’ date and finally gets a smartphone

Both Alex and Alexandria wonder whether Danielle exaggerated how much pain she was in to get more drugs, but they are careful about making assumptions. Downward spiral: how addiction decimated a Wyoming family 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

Were the white doctor and nurse making racist and class-driven assumptions? Review: In ‘Black Man in a White Coat,’ a Doctor Navigates Bruising Terrain 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z

It has enough fresh scholarship behind it to make you rethink basic assumptions. Review | Gold, jade, macaw feathers, turquoise: Ancient American beauty at the Met 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z

Hoaxes frequently help us test the boundaries of our assumptions and orthodoxies, codes of taste and propriety. When White Poets Pretend to Be Asian 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z

He was referring to Luciano Pavarotti, but the basic premise is indicative of what bothers opera lovers about Broadway — as well as demonstrating a profoundly flawed set of assumptions about “high” and “popular” art. Opinion | Opera and Broadway have a fruitful relationship. If only opera fans understood it. 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z

It just shows how white feminist assumptions about the aspirations of other women, and what women find rewarding, were so unquestioningly replicated and assumed to be the desires of rural Indian women. “Put the fangs back in feminism”: Author Rafia Zakaria on how feminism loses relevance to whiteness 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z

I did not correct people’s assumptions about my identity because it was easier for them and for me. When Neither Male Nor Female Seems to Fit 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

On that assumption, the team springs into action and — bingo! — the missing child is found. Forensic linguistics: Do your e-mails, texts and tweets reveal clues to your identity? 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z

And what does Walker’s evident belief that it does warrant one suggest about the assumptions, the mind-set of those who decided to postpone the exhibition? Perspective | Ford Foundation’s president is apologizing for the wrong thing 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z

“We have this assumption that if you fail, you suck,” Nuttall-Smith says by way of explanation for the Raw Bar review. ‘The chef started crying’: the Toronto critic who can make or break a restaurant 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z

“Your assumption would be that it’s somewhere else, not in New York City.” Offbeat History, Off the Beaten Path 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z

“I thought this was a reputable site.. all I see are a number of inaccurate statements and unproven assumptions lol. I’ve never asked for any title or tried to lie my way there EVER. period.” Kylie Jenner in bitter row with Forbes over billionaire status 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z

“If correct, Randall’s theory would require us to radically reappraise some of our most fundamental assumptions about the universe and our own existence.” What really wiped out the dinosaurs: “It’s only when you have large aggregations of dark matter that it can have this enormous effect” 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z

“A guy in Allbirds and a hoodie might be a billionaire. So you can’t make assumptions anymore,” not least about the gender orientation of “those kids in Washington Square Park in dresses.” The Boys in Their Summer Dresses 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z

Even more darkly, there’s an unspoken assumption: that trans people are strange, untranslatable. Trans, but not like you think 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But, when Bobby accidentally discovers an incriminating picture of Betty with the student, all our assumptions are thrown into reverse. In a Forest Dark and Deep - review 2011-03-15T00:35:22Z

“Their assumption is that I have that as a goal, and just by looking at me, they assume that’s the reason I’m there at the doctor’s office,” she says. Aidy Bryant doesn’t think ‘fat’ is a bad word. Her show ‘Shrill’ proves it. 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z

The natural assumption at the time would have been that they worked for a Cuban faction or the CIA , García said. Love in the time of surveillance: FBI agents tracked Gabriel García Márquez 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

At his subway stop, a boy who’s been drawing assumptions about other riders’ lives rethinks his sketches. The 25 Best Children’s Books of 2021 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z

Often the question embodies an assumption: that a story can’t be worth your time unless it’s explosive and dire. Review: ‘Lodge 49,’ Where Beautiful Losers Join the Club 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z

National media descended on Steubenville, which reckoned publicly and contentiously with the unspoken assumption, posed by Cleveland Plain Dealer reporter Rachel Dissell, “Is this football town putting its daughters at risk to protect its sons?” Roll Red Roll: behind the chilling documentary on high school rape 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z

In the past year, it feels as if it has finally struck, in the process swallowing up every worn-out assumption about casting, subject matter, programming, leadership, inclusion — and criticism. Review: ‘Collective Rage’ Is ‘The Vagina Monologues’ Times 5 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

On the assumption that one of them at least must be poisoned, I decline to partake, but it looks lovely. Learning to love Agatha Christie 2010-10-01T07:16:00Z

Leila Cobo, vice president and Latin industry lead at Billboard, said, “There are a lot of assumptions about what Latin music is right now, but it is such a broad territory.” How the Colombian Band Morat Is Winning Over a Global Audience 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z

The production was asking you to see beyond assumptions about the racial identities of the lovers. She Made Glimmerglass a True Festival. Now She’s Moving On. 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z

The gradual easing of those assumptions, however, has implications for more than one generation. The pansexual revolution: how sexual fluidity became mainstream 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z

Ms. Weigel’s book operates from the totalizing assumption that larger social forces shape our personal intimacies; Mr. de Botton believes there’s enough war going on inside any individual love-seeker to match a thousand dysfunctional societies. Review: ‘Labor of Love’ and ‘The Course of Love,’ on Finding and Keeping It 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z

Vendors and buyers proceed with the cautious assumption that every gun is loaded. “This is the Wild West” 2012-09-16T19:00:00Z

Pioneers of the youth culture’s determination to test limits, all three were victims of an ignorant, widespread assumption that drugs consumed indiscriminately were shortcuts to enlightenment. | 'When You?re Strange': Documentary Recalls the Fire of Jim Morrison 2010-04-09T00:08:00Z

The most glorious of all assumptions is, of course, that of the Virgin Mary’s bodily ascent into heaven. Review | ‘Women Who Fly’: a tale of female emancipation through the ages 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z

The assumptions you are making, and your behavior concerning these women, reveals how inexperienced you are. Perspective | Ask Amy: Son’s delirium causes unexpected hurt 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z

“I had a vague assumption it was a kind of a celebratory look at American history,” she said. ‘1776’ in 2022: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of a Dual Reality 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z

It’s usually wise to avoid assumptions based on an artist’s work. Review: Peering Behind the Whimsically Ghoulish ‘Gorey’ 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z

This last venture has had mixed reviews but no one complains about Mirren's assumption of Shakespeare's final self-portrait. David Thomson on Helen Mirren 2010-10-14T22:00:00Z

“There’s an assumption that a woman is somehow less professional if she doesn’t wear any makeup at work,” Ms. Rhode said. Skin Deep: No-Makeup Look As a New Beauty Standard 2014-05-07T21:45:08Z

Made up of silent pressures and unspoken assumptions, Ford Madox Ford's 1915 novel is so crinkled with nuance, so inward, so slowly developing and constantly misleading that it resists dramatisation at every turn and twist. Earthquakes in London; The Good Soldier; FIB 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z

It's only slightly more detail than the type of trivia one might find on a dating app like Bantr, inviting us to assign all types of fantasy assumptions that haven't borne out in the script. OK "Ted Lasso" fans, time to have a conversation about our dear, wonderful Sam Obisanya 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z

Together, the two assumptions made the page, torn and stained as it is, irresistible to contenders reportedly from the Arabian Peninsula. Reclaiming the Badges of Cultural Identity 2010-10-22T11:30:00Z

You connected me with a lactation consultant without making any assumptions about how I planned to feed my newborn. Thank you to ... my midwife, for reassuring a pregnant dad 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z

The assumption is that the work has all been done in the dialogue. Paul Bettany: 'Lars von Trier simply wouldn't talk to me' 2013-05-30T13:01:15Z

“I realised I was making assumptions about these people that lived around me,” he said. 'It's a fun movie, I promise': behind the elites v 'deplorables' thriller The Hunt 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

In achieving such strong box-office success, "Fifty Shades" implicitly raises questions about whether many Hollywood assumptions are wrong while also potentially generating a newfound respect for the genre, if not a glut of similar movies. 'Fifty Shades' success upends thinking about winter movies 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

Furthermore, the implication that Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s “Bold & Brave: Ten Heroes Who Won Women the Right to Vote” is somehow flawed because it doesn’t “invite boys in” rests on deeply sexist and dangerous assumptions. Letters to the Editor 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

But an assumption of tolerance in the absence of conclusive proof is itself a bias, as people often tie themselves up in knots assigning motives unrelated to race or gender. Let’s dispense with political correctness and talk straight: Donald Trump is a racist 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

Gödel’s “incompleteness theorem,” which he presented in 1930, when he was 24, upended his profession’s assumption that mathematics should be able to prove a mathematical statement that is true. A New Biography of Kurt Gödel, Whose Brilliant Life Intersected With the Upheavals of the 20th Century 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z

But tidiness is tangled up with status and messiness is loaded with assumptions about personal responsibility and respectability. Social media "pantry porn" becomes all the rage 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z

So how is it also a paean to the assumptions of those with white male rage? "Joker" and white male rage 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z

Most of the comedy derives from similar tensions; though “& Juliet” is jokey, and its authorship is entirely male, its feminist critique is real enough, winking alternately at Shakespeare’s assumptions and ours. Review: On Broadway, ‘& Juliet’ (& Britney & Katy & Pink) 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z

One reason you do bother, of course, is precisely to find experiences that defy expectations and break patterns: movies that challenge your assumptions or alter your habits of perception. Film: The Cinematic State of Things 2010-12-16T19:28:34Z

In many cases mountains of art scholarship are found to rest on erroneous assumptions or evidence, but the mountain proves almost impossible to move. Arts & Leisure: The Piet? Behind the Couch 2011-05-27T12:01:26Z

We amuse each other with our assumptions and foibles, experiences and stories. Stella Grey and Edward walk off together into the sunset 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z

Or is there some cultural imperialism implicit in our assumptions? Are fibs deal breakers? 2013-05-13T00:00:00Z

To me, reading that was one of those “aha” moments of realizing just how baked into our culture the assumption of sexual violence is. Anita Hill Has Some Perspective to Offer 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z

The entire claim of waste depends on the assumption that anything called “wordless Shakespeare” is artistically fraudulent. Most foul: Senator singles out Synetic’s ‘silent’ Shakespeare 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z

What’s different this time around, Susskind insists, is a new type of artificial intelligence that challenges the assumption that humans will always be better than machines at some jobs. Soon a Robot Will Be Writing This Headline 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z

There is an assumption that their food is palatable. "MasterChef" off to a tasty start 2010-07-27T01:31:00Z

Partly that’s because it gives the lie to many current assumptions about the supposed limitations of painting and sculpture. 'Kinesthesia' exhibit in Palm Springs spotlights kinetic art in breathtaking new dimensions 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z

While their identification of the political party of most major municipal governments is largely accurate, their assumption that the governance of America’s cities is leftist or progressive is superficial, shallow, and simply wrong. The absurd outrage over Jussie Smollett 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z

Apparently, gay men may have been left depressed by movies and TV shows that promote an assumption that we all must be well-dressed, emotionally available and whip-smart. No more Mr Nice Gay: how TV representation changed from Will & Grace to Empire 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z

A primary assumption of the evolutionary model behind neo-Darwinism is that development can be traced back through a series of subtly incremental changes. Marilynne Robinson: Can science solve life's mysteries? 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z

What these viewers are losing is the feeling of centrality, the comfortable assumption that they and people like them should be the protagonists in the larger story. Guess Who’s Coming to Mordor 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

As you embark on it, be sensitive and try not to lean on assumptions. I Just Found Out My Best Friend Is Rich 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z

One thing that was striking about the Notre Dame protest was the rejection of what they saw as the traditional gender assumptions involved. It’s Possible Leggings Are the Future. Deal With It. 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z

The reason for the dull lulls in Uncle Vanya is the assumption of director and designer that Chekhov demands an elaborate specificity of setting. Scene changes – the traffic jams of theatre 2012-11-13T13:33:09Z

In the end it posed a question that strikes at the deepest assumptions of theatrical culture: Is this play meant for you? The Best Theater of 2018 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z

The common assumption is that in the way of all gods, he is beyond caring and refuses to revert to ancient times – the Vietnam era, in this case – where he adopted a more interventionist stance. A divine interlude in the tunnel of love: "Watchmen" and the intersection of comic books and faith 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z

Shown into the house of a stranger, we make assumptions about them on the basis of the paintings and books on display. Politicians' pop-culture love-in 2010-04-20T20:30:00Z

As a woman, this assumption always bothered me! Leap year brides: the women who popped the question on February 29 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

Out of belief and habit, I buy precisely these items, just as many of us do; but that doesn’t mean I’m not weary of the tone and underlying class assumptions that accompany them. Cooking: ‘Asian-American,’ ‘Women Chefs of New York’ and More 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z

“I guess there’s an assumption that the federal government will take care of all of that, but the government doesn’t really have the money for all this,” he said. Washington Monument to Reopen After Three Years 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z

There’s a real problem here: the assumption, expressed through Grunwald’s defensiveness, that the environmental movement is somehow not respectable. The Green Movement isn’t fringe! 2013-03-05T17:20:00Z

She uses boxes that popular culture often puts black people in and breaks them from within, calling further into question the nature of assumptions. Shining short fiction collections by Dana Johnson and Anne Raeff 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

But she still finds herself blinking twice at the things she hears in preproduction meetings, at the assumptions some clients make about her. Shaniqwa Jarvis Is No One’s Assistant 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

“Because of that assumption of them being ‘good,’ when they have a failing, the fall from grace is steeper and harder to climb back up.” Think divorce is miserable? Try getting one while serving in Congress. 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

Bryant would later say that he enjoyed reading it, though he didn’t appreciate Jackson’s assumptions about his life. No Compromises 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

On how to handle a physician’s assumptions: “They can determine your charge’s ability to get better, get the right treatment,” because “a doctor’s expectations can help or hurt your charge.” ‘Mothercare’ Takes a Hard Look at What Happens When Duty Outlives Love 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z

Made when Abul Hassan was but 13, it counters the assumption that Indian art is often psychologically thin by being more emotionally demonstrative than its inspiration. Art Review: Putting Names to the Greats of Indian Art 2011-09-29T22:39:43Z

The paintings put our deepest assumptions about beauty and value under constructive pressure, and confirm that Indigenous artists should never be satisfied in the role of the outlier or the special case. Can We Start Appreciating Indigenous Art on Its Own Terms? 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z

And Allison says that while many people may focus on the assumption that a child with a trans parent will be teased or confused, there are as many positive experiences. Life in our transgender family 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z

“Big Little Lies” contains its share of thoughtful interludes that capably portray the poisonous nature of small-town jealousy and assumption, especially pertaining to the story’s ultimate insiders and outsiders. “Big Little Lies” puts a basic cable story into a prestige package 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z

But I do think that many of the CBO’s key assumptions tend to favor government over market reforms. CBO Guesstimates that Obamacare Will Cover 3 Million Less People after the Supreme Court, Saving $84 Billion 2012-07-24T19:15:10Z

The process of creating the stage show for "The Ambassador" exploded Kahane's assumptions about theater and music, he said. Gabriel Kahane's moving love letter to L.A., 'The Ambassador' 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

“Realness” is a recurring theme in “Pose,” which is nuanced about the conscious and unconscious assumptions the term can involve. Review: ‘Pose’ Demands to Be Seen 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

The good ones succeed through hubris, through the arrogant assumption that a great novel is not a sacred artifact but rather a lump of interesting material to be shaped according to the filmmaker’s will. Movie Review: ‘Anna Karenina,’ From Joe Wright, With Keira Knightley 2012-11-15T20:25:23Z

The mistake in the analysis lies deeper, perhaps—in the assumption that only a strange and traumatic sequence can have made this happen. Why Trump Is Different—and Must Be Repelled 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

They fuel assumptions about the proximity of women to emotional breakdown, feeding the exploitative mythologising of women's mental health problems in the name of entertainment. Beyond "girl gone mad melodrama" — reframing female anger in psychological thrillers 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z

I grant this crucial assumption for the sake of the argument. We must eat more roadkill. Yes, even you vegetarians 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z

Sheridan Smith has defied assumptions, winning awards in a range of roles on stage and screen. From slappers to Hedda Gabler: the irresistible rise of Sheridan Smith 2013-03-18T18:12:48Z

Such speculations verge on cliche, but it’s always good to challenge assumptions about a piece as often-played as “Messiah.” Review | A fleet and fleeting ‘Messiah’ showcases fine chorus 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

Alan Bennett, a long-term neighbour as well as family friend, is more wary: "We've always gone on the assumption that the less I said about him and the less he said about me the better." In Two Minds: A Biography of Jonathan Miller by Kate Bassett – review 2012-12-12T08:00:01Z

The Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison, in a New Yorker essay called “Mourning for Whiteness” that was written after Mr. Trump’s election, explored long-running assumptions that even Americans believe that white is better. What Is the Color of Beauty? 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z

But it does require some negotiation on his part, given the potential experience gap between white people and people of colour, and the biases and assumptions that attend them. Daniel Kaluuya: ‘I'm not a spokesman. No one’s expected to speak for all white people’ 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z

These podcasters have to make certain assumptions about the listener’s understanding of history before they can claim to upend it. You Know Your History? These Podcasts Aren’t So Sure 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z

Daniel: When she said she was from Lebanon, I made an assumption and asked her if she was Catholic. Date Lab: They share geeky traits and a sense of humor. This just might work.

“It wasn’t that I had been labouring under the assumption that one day I was going to get this fabulous legacy at all,” she says now. Last orders: what do our wills say about us? 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

For assumptions are to be questioned, orthodoxies challenged in this show. Awash with colour 2011-02-20T00:04:07Z

That uprooting of customs and assumptions is akin to the loss of everyday familiarity that displaced writers have perpetually used to create something breathtakingly new and distinct. Perspective | Writers of the past turned suffering into literary masterpieces. They might help us understand how to meet the challenges of our day. 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z

But Datça is seedier than she remembers, and nothing unfolds according to her nebulous plans and untested assumptions. The Lovers by Vendela Vida ? review 2011-08-05T21:55:03Z

After speaking to Roger, I find myself questioning my naive, unmarried assumptions about what constitutes a “failed marriage”. Love in the age of living for ever: could your marriage last 80 years? 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z

So it's a mild beneficial shock to watch two American films of the early 1970s on re-release – not because they're masterpieces, exactly, but because they give the flavour of a different set of assumptions. Film-makers need to trust the audience 2013-05-24T13:00:01Z

Munrow challenges the assumption that dementia is worse for those close to the patient than the sufferer themselves. Held – review 2012-11-14T18:28:12Z

Just as before, by observing my reactions to what I read, I saw things about myself I didn’t want to see—envy, a desire for fame, assumptions of moral superiority that were completely unfounded. V.S. Naipaul, Paul Theroux, and me: What I learned from reading about their tumultuous relationship 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z

And yet, and yet … One doesn't want to be precipitous about this – far from it – but are we perhaps nearing the point in Britflick history where that assumption might be gently queried? Kelly Brook: single-handed saviour of British film-making? 2013-07-18T17:48:27Z

Unfortunately, the recovery community has been complicit in promoting these destructive assumptions. Should methadone moms keep their babies? 2012-09-19T22:21:00Z

But the main sticking point of Filipovic’s plea for a change in how we view our names is her broad assumptions about identity and male-female marriage. Do feminists care if you take your husband’s name? 2013-03-08T16:39:00Z

“If you think about the word ‘artist,’ there’s a tacit assumption that it’s a male genius who is in fact the artist,” Naeem said. Baltimore Museum of Art will only acquire works by women in 2020 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z

“The paediatric urologists were “lovely” and “wonderful”, but fixed in their assumptions. 'In pain all the time': will there ever be a cure for chronic, life-changing UTIs? 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z

And that is the magic of this exquisite, impressive book: the way it plays with influence and assumption. Review | A former lover of Philip Roth has published a novel about a writer like Philip Roth 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z

The supermodel's artistic medium is assumption – reflecting it, shaping and defying it. When it comes to providing insight, Apple's "The Super Models" only goes skin deep 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z

The setup defies the assumption that athleisure clothes are for running around town more than actually running. ‘Oh, Thanks, These Are Just My Gym Clothes.’ 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

I felt that as a woman I’ve encountered, in subtle ways, assumptions or prejudices about, say, the nature of women’s intelligence or our capacity for disinterested judgment. ArtsBeat: Slippery Nate: Adelle Waldman Talks About ‘The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.’ 2013-07-17T17:05:29Z

But when we men honestly confront our own upbringing and assumptions, we conclude that in certain cases we are indeed the enemies of women’s freedom. How do strip clubs hurt me? 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Those wishing to escape this cosy cocoon should welcome a robust test of the ethical assumptions by which they live. How to live well 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

For those who took part in those marches, it is dispiriting to see how many of these problems still plague us, and how deeply they have been buried under assumptions that they do not. Fresh spate of sexism, violence ominously familiar 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z

"Numerous pieces that have rarely, if ever, been shown, will appear alongside familiar icons, in a conscious effort to challenge assumptions about the American art canon," reads the announcement. The Whitney Museum announces inaugural show, and the Internet parses 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

What concerns me is the assumption that I’ve heard from a number of people. Our Part in the Darkness 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z

We don't his intent with the knife, gunshot goes off, again, assumption and blame. ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2, Episode 7: This Place is Dangerous 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z

One insecure partner in the relationship may begin to make assumptions and decide to become Columbo as they embark on a fact-finding expedition to get to the bottom of the ‘incriminating’ material. 8 ways to have a relationship in the digital age without going insane 2014-04-24T12:00:00Z

There is nothing wrong with being a cleaner, but it’s the automatic assumption – you see a black woman, she’s a cleaner. Q&A: Maggie Aderin-Pocock, space scientist – ‘What would my superpower be? To travel at the speed of light’ 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z

"But Morgan started with the assumption that their ideas were to be taken seriously; he was really bucking the tide." Edmund S. Morgan, colonial scholar, dies at 97 2013-07-09T13:05:12Z

“There’s definitely major scrutiny for us, but I think it’s largely based on assumptions and fantasization of the sequence of events.” Fashion’s Coronavirus ‘Patient Zero’ Speaks 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z

The Jordan Davis trial also became an occasion for a larger debate about racial assumptions, and a flashpoint for so-called stand-your-ground laws, which allow for use of deadly violence in situations of imminent threat. In '3 1/2 Minutes,' an eerie prefiguring of the Charleston shootings 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

There’s always this assumption that black people should sing and dance in the theater. What August Wilson Means Now 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

I think there's a class issue in India where there can be an assumption that things like this don't happen to people from upper classes or who are privileged. Shankar addresses Delhi gang rape 2013-10-04T17:32:21Z

I don’t like making assumptions about people’s race or ethnicity based on how they look, but this is not a particularly diverse looking group from that perspective, either. White guys still don’t get it: This is the real reason they dominate TV 2014-03-20T14:17:00Z

Finally living in the present tense, she finds herself swept up in not one, but two unexpected relationships that challenge her assumptions about what it means to grow old. Sundance Film Festival 2015 Lineup: High-Profile Documentaries Among Premieres 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z

And it's those assumptions that have sparked additional criticisms. Harry Styles has attracted more male fans, but will they be less toxic than his original stans? 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z

The prosecution fills his silence with inventions and assumptions, painting Amal as violent, unstable, angry — and guilty. Teenagers in Turmoil 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z

Even as he applies his stand-up comic’s approach to his online work, Mr. Seinfeld makes no assumptions that his stage and TV career should guarantee him success in this new realm. Jerry Seinfeld, Online Force 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

Ask the purchaser to correct the mistaken assumption, and next time, arrange to include handwritten cards from each of the donors. Perspective | Miss Manners: Politely eating a bread bowl 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z

Frantic outbursts occur regularly in this “Trial,” under the assumption that menace is amplified on a stage when people are in perpetual tizzies. Review | On this occasion, lots of bugs in Synetic Theater’s system 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z

But she is also a woman whose bravery, anger, and intelligence enable her to expose the patriarchal assumptions of Darcy, and to refuse him because of them. In Jane Austen, fairy tales meet biting feminist critiques 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z

He did not explain his thinking, but the usual assumption is that plusher, richer, fruitier wines are by definition better. When Thin and Bitter Are Welcome Wine Words 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

“As a non-gay person, I try not to make assumptions about why a gay person likes this movie,” he said. A Doll That Wears Sunglasses With Attitude? Oh, ‘M3gan’ Is a Gay Movie. 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z

The researchers go on to say that these findings suggest that our assumptions about masculine values and who subscribes to them may be totally incorrect. Young Men Want Intimacy Too 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z

Perhaps the Trump Doctrine springs from his onetime assumption that he wouldn’t live past 40, says Gwenda Blair, author of “The Trumps: Three Generations That Built an Empire.” ‘It doesn’t matter.’ ‘We’ll see.’ The Trump Doctrine is sounding more fatalistic every day. 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z

If parents or teachers do not start from the assumption that abilities are fixed, children perform better. How to raise a brilliant child without screwing them up 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z

This being network television, Wallace also does questionable acts that tempt fate and, in one instance, judicial punishment, testing the assumption that the audience will root for him nevertheless. "Power" producer 50 Cent brings a story of wrongful conviction in ABC's "For Life" 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

Modern travelers and digital nomads will recognize the need to travel lightly and to be nimble in their thinking, flexible in their assumptions. Beyond Borders: A Deep Dive Into the Nomadic Way of Life 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z

This is not unprecedented; one can easily connect Christian Bale's work in "Equilibrium" and "The Machinist" to his eventual assumption of Batman's mantle. For Idris Elba's sake, let "Luther" retire 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z

The conservative rap doesn’t seem to bother Mr. Hyman half as much as it does Mr. Charlap, whose assumption of duties at Jazz in July had the feeling of a smooth inevitability. Jazz in July Celebrates 30th Season at 92nd Street Y 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z

One German judge agreed he had never turned over the painting, but ruled the issue moot based on the erroneous assumption, fueled by Mr. Sommer, that it was no longer in the businessman’s possession. The Mystery of the Painting in Gallery 634 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z

If, a year ago, the assumption was that Mr. Colbert would simply glide into the time slot and theater last occupied by David Letterman and dominate the late-night landscape, that did not happen. Stephen Colbert Reboots ‘The Late Show,’ Fixing It on the Fly 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

Nor is its assumption that Modern Standard Arabic is a lingua franca suitable for all forms of literature and all Arab audiences a species of Orientalism. Translating 'Frozen' Into Arabic 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z

As a result, the interior monologues are restricted to reasonable assumptions picking up on hints in the published non-fiction campaign narratives. The story of O: A Presidential Novel 2011-01-21T12:15:40Z

This assumption is so deeply embedded that any certain knowledge of abnormality represents a serious blow. The day we learned our son had a cleft lip 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z

“He’s really one of the only men that I’ve ever worked with in this industry that does not make assumptions about what I know, don’t know.” Matthew Rhys Hits the Seas 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z

I have written previously about the middle-class assumption that we all have the time to shop in markets and cook from scratch. Jamie Oliver's 30-minute meals are an affront to cooking 2010-12-22T13:30:00Z

Common assumptions of special protection from suffering — whether by virtue of nation, species or era — begin to unravel. Should We Be More Pessimistic? 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z

Houellebecq is able to give such a convincing portrait of incel-thinking because at some level he seems to share its core assumption, representing sex as something that women owe men. A French Novelist Imagined Sexual Dystopia. Now It’s Arrived. 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

When she does write a 20-something woman, “everyone projects assumptions upon that character,” she said. The Playwright Making a Farce of the Patriarchy 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z

On the other hand, no previous novelist had Wells's ability to decode the assumptions on which a certain kind of middle-class life was based. David Lodge on HG Wells 2011-03-11T10:00:01Z

Lauren Sandler’s book One and Only  – which deconstructs the myths and assumptions about “singletons” as she more kindly calls them – is an empowering source of comfort and knowledge. The question we came to dread: ‘Are you going for a second child?’ 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z

Television shows, movies and cartoons rely lazily on the assumption that viewers will associate a southern accent with a lack of intelligence. Talking right: I lost my Appalachian accent to fit in. Now I want it back 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

Tonkin said Han's "concise, unsettling and beautifully composed story traces an ordinary woman's rejection of all the conventions and assumptions that bind her to her home, family and society." South Korean author Han Kang has won the Man Booker International Prize for fiction with "The Vegetarian," an unsettling novel about a woman whose decision to stop eating meat has devastating consequences 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z

Walsh functions with the assumption that his lines are tapped, works to avoid intelligence tails and continues to pry into the dark corners that those in power wish he wouldn’t. He Reported on Pakistan’s Volatile Politics. Then He Became a Story Himself. 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z

Other artists, however, are celebrating Mr. Trump’s imminent assumption of the presidency. Fiona Apple Releases a Trump Protest Chant 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z

And even with the historically lower budgets, the spin-off rests on the assumption that enough people indeed still want to spend serious movigegoing time in the same world they’ve already visited so often before. 'Minions' looks to master growing genre of animated spinoffs 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

There's an assumption around it, which I think is unfair. Dominic West and Ruth Wilson of 'The Affair' lighten up for a chat 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

It’s a common assumption that accusations of sex abuse are frequently used as a weapon, especially in contentious custody battles, and that an aggrieved mother can turn a child against a father. Crimes and misdemeanors: Woody Allen and what we get wrong about sexual abuse 2014-02-06T13:00:00Z

Another mistaken assumption, Mr. Kultgen said, is that he shares qualities with his creations. A Raw Voice of Young Manhood Makes a Bid for Literary Respect 2011-06-22T21:09:48Z

Persistent colonial assumptions about the irrationality of Indian religions meant that some of Bapu’s doctors were disdainfully dismissive. In ‘Strangers to Ourselves,’ a Revelatory Account of Mental Illness 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z

But A Murder in the Park, released in 2015, ends with a curveball so unexpected that the film ends up challenging any assumptions viewers might have brought to it or developed along the way. 15 of the Most Fascinating True Crime Stories Ever Told 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z

It’s a sneering, insulting practice on the part of both the writers who are too lazy to check their own assumptions and the editors who can’t be bothered challenging them. Kellers’ cancer writing shows how broken journalism has become 2014-01-17T18:12:00Z

A radical correction of our assumptions must seem planned, not arbitrary. Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks 2012-07-20T21:55:02Z

It’s liberating for women to explore men, because we’re not shackled by the same assumptions about the male experience. What do female film-makers have to say about male stories? 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z

Since that time, I have learned how to prove or disprove a family story or an assumption. Tracing my African American genealogy 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z

“People make a lot of assumptions about our politics and our value system,” she said. A New Breed of Hunters Focuses on the Food 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z

Critiques of the joke spread virally online, inspired analyses in this newspaper, the New York Times and CNN about O’Rourke’s gender assumptions and finally forced him to apologize. Analysis | Take my wife joke, please! A campaign trail cliche finally bombs 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z

Now it’s a “gotcha!” approach, with the assumption, particularly in Texas, that we’re doing something wrong and it’s the health department’s job to catch us. “The intent is to make this 5- to 10-minute abortion procedure seem dangerous”: The plaintiff in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt on defending her Texas clinics all the way to the Supreme Court 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z

However, the objection to those shows is that the assumptions behind the characterisation and writing date from an era of different attitudes to race and therefore risk causing offence now. Fawlty Towers isn't racist. Major Gowen is 2013-01-23T15:41:34Z

The Wild Bunch was a hand grenade throw under the tent-flap of America’s assumptions about violence and our culpability in it. 'Bloody' Sam Peckinpah: wasted, insane and indestructibly pure 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z

Some of their unexamined assumptions — about race and gender and even the primacy of pleasurable song over political impact — have been revised or shot down in the intervening decades. When ‘A Little Touch of Star Quality’ Is a Little Too Much 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z

He makes his appearance with the malaprop assumption that Churchill is “Church Hill,” and he squeezes the last drop of embarrassment out of this blunder and all those to come. Whit Stillman’s “Love & Friendship”: Subverting the Social Order with Style 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z

In a statement to The Post, Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill neither confirmed nor denied Yarmuth’s assumption, saying simply: “The Speaker is not on a shift. The Speaker is on a mission.” It’s been a tense year of infighting for Democrats. And this might be as good as it gets. 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

“It was a fictional project, but the assumption was that if it’s a piece of fiction and it’s about technology, it must somehow be future-oriented, rather than a thought experiment,” said Mr. Dunne. Design Fiction: Real Solutions, Unreal Problems 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z

The theory of continental drift put a bomb under geological orthodoxy, but it also threatened more widely held assumptions. Has the science in Ice Age 4 gone adrift? 2012-07-16T07:00:04Z

I had to question all my assumptions, unlearn so much of what I had learned.  Why I left the GOP 2012-09-10T13:30:00Z

I suggest you reject that unfortunate assumption, which in my experience is not true. Ask Amy: Between school and career, when is it time to have a baby? 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z

It’s not the books they name but the assumption that they have a night stand. The Cotton Gin, Squirrel Hill and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z

Mark Whitman, founder of the adventure tour operator Mountain IQ, says he is operating under the assumption that vaccines will be widely available by March or April. Perspective | How will the covid-19 vaccines affect your travel? 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z

Robby Soave, a senior editor at the libertarian magazine Reason, says he’s seen her “productively challenge liberal assumptions, in the way libertarians tend to do.” D.C.’s rising libertarian star, with her ‘healthy skepticism of state power,’ secures an influential podcast 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z

Yet Franco manages to wag a not-too-subtle finger at viewers, reminding them to check their assumptions about Neil while at the same time keeping the raison d’être of that main character utterly hidden. ‘Sundown’ Review: Stuck in the Shallow Waters of Acapulco 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z

Because my brothers are also writers, there’s an assumption it was a kind of intellectual home. Jonathan Safran Foer: ‘There's not a person who doesn’t smoke pot' 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z

First of all, you made the worst assumptions about these people, and second, you showed your own liberal bias and racist attitude toward white people. Perspective | Ask Amy: Overindulged daughters suffer from affluenza 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z

And that tucks in another assumption: female audiences will of course watch a movie outside of their perspective, but don’t expect it to go the other way. Why are female narratives still undervalued by Hollywood? 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z

The personal trajectory of this stock narrative hinges upon the assumption of inconspicuousness for its central character, his ability to fly under the radar. Men behaving badly: how the white middle-class everyman became 2017's antihero 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z

It helps people in his line of work to hold a base-line dogmatic assumption about culture, and his is that jazz culture has no laurels to rest on. Sample Sale: Growing a Jazz Audience 2010-12-03T19:22:00Z

“A younger generation of transgender men are prying open many of our assumptions about what it means to be men and women,” Stein writes. ‘Unbound’ Shows Transgender Men Ripping Up Old Scripts 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z

I went through a period, after Aeroplane, when a lot of the basic assumptions I held about reality started crumbling. From Elephant 6 to Deerhunter: The US's new psychedelia 2011-03-10T23:00:01Z

"The artist brings the viewer face to face with their own preconceived hierarchy of cultural values and assumptions of artistic worth," it says. A user's guide to art-speak 2013-01-27T19:00:02Z

If they're never going to be open enough to see magic for what I think it is, it's not easy to break their assumptions down. Joshua Jay explain how magicians think — without ruining the magic 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z

Nevertheless, it is important to keep in mind that the guiding principles underlying our public institutions—imperfect though they may be—are based on the assumption that we all share interest in a common good. Only democratic schools will save us 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z

To understand this more fully, consider the following question: How do the mechanisms and assumptions of Darwin’s theory of natural selection lead to the diversity of life forms we see? Sex’s feel-good evolution: Charles Darwin’s erotic shocker 2014-03-09T20:00:00Z

At the heart of those questions is a lurking assumption that Chaffetz brought into the light: Maybe the poor deserve their lot in life. Hillbilly sellout: The politics of J. D. Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy” are already being used to gut the working poor 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z

Instead the default assumption was on behalf of the banks. George Packer: Don’t CEOs have any shame? 2013-05-26T18:00:00Z

Is there data to support Almond’s assumptions that viewers aren’t politically active? Jon Stewart, capitalist stooge? 2012-07-25T21:00:00Z

No wonder the unstated assumption of the cultural elite is that really only stupid people read them. In defence of self-help books 2012-05-17T09:30:01Z

The first erroneous assumption it contains is that there are some people in Israel who are preventing the Army from winning. Israel’s Other War 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

As a modern female viewer, I find the assumption itself offensive. Christine O'Donnell praises Tolkien's women 2010-09-17T08:38:00Z

They could come in different sizes and shapes, but there was an assumption they were serious people, even if they had a good sense of humour, right? Hillary Clinton meets Mary Beard: ‘I would love to have told Trump: “Back off, you creep”’ 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z

This type of over-the-top convergence is often based on assumptions about limited comprehension – and it can socially backfire. What makes us subconsciously mimic the accents of others in conversation 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z

Ford’s hopeful assumption is that Bernard, once given the full truth about himself, would choose to be his partner again. ‘Westworld’ Season 1, Episode 9: You Broke My Mind 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z

The biggest obstacle to change may be people’s assumptions that global warming is beyond human intervention. Review: ‘Time to Choose’ Extols Renewable Energy to Combat Global Warming 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

I think a lot of people jumped to an assumption that was incorrect, and they ended up looking stupid. Rihanna defends Chris Brown collaboration 2012-06-07T15:33:05Z

The assumption was that the Maoists would not dare to attack such a large concentration of security forces. Aundhati Roy | Gandhi, but with guns | Part Three 2010-03-27T09:00:00Z

This one has the makings of one too, though Mr. Rollins isn’t the type to take such assumptions for granted. The Week Ahead: Sept. 5 ? Sept. 11 2010-09-01T16:50:00Z

In the end Mr. Greengrass makes no effort to divest his audience of its assumptions. Arts & Leisure Preview: ?Green Zone,? ?The Ghost Writer? and Conspiracy Comforts 2010-03-31T20:54:00Z

For many ensembles, the 2021-22 season had been a tentative step forward after a pandemic pause, and the assumption was that 2022-23 would return to something approaching the old days. After a ‘Scary’ Fall, Audiences Are Coming Back to Orchestras 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z

"He was probably under the assumption that I was in A&R, but I was just an intern," Barthe said, laughing. Stacy Barthe gets deeply personal on her debut album, 'BEcoming' 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z

Drop your assumptions about how this is going to play out. Teaching a teen how his sullen looks can be mistaken for a bad attitude 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z

On the way he must traverse a panoply of three-dimensional worlds that toy with almost every assumption of space and gravity and then reaffirm them. Video Game Review: Still Saving Princess Peach in Super Mario Galaxy 2 2010-05-24T22:53:00Z

We wanted to say, “We know what your assumptions are, and stick with us because we want to explore them.” Stephen Merchant Is an Unsmooth Criminal 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z

This richer, developing notion of consent doesn’t seek to discard the term, but to wonder about its primacy and assumptions. Yes, No, Maybe So: A Generation of Thinkers Grapples With Notions of Consent 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z

“The knee-jerk assumption when people write about attrition is often fear of some kind of a brain drain — I want to push back against that really robustly,” he said. Met to Cut 100 or More Jobs in Push to Steady Finances 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z

It flatters its audience with the assumption of enough cultural knowledge to indulge its spoof inserts and that final act rug-pull. Why Once Upon a Time in Hollywood should win the best picture Oscar 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z

Ten years ago – partly to annoy those friends at the Royal Court – I talked and wrote about the need to challenge assumptions buried in the idea of a "writer's theatre". The Young Vic hits middle age ? and discovers some grey areas 2010-10-20T12:04:00Z

Jenner responded saying that the original Forbes estimate was based on “a number of inaccurate statements and unproven assumptions.” Not a billionaire, but Kylie Jenner is highest-paid celebrity, Forbes says 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z

It’s a false class assumption that chimes with the family’s central concern: Where do they belong, in society and in their everyday lives? Catching Up with Richard Nelson, Real-Time Election Playwright 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z

In horror, girls and women do not have to be pretty, polite, chaste or even heterosexual — in fact, these characters are so terrifying because they willfully eschew gendered assumptions. What Megan Fox Taught Me About the Power of Subversive Girls 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z

The Enterprise makes what it deems to be the heroic choice only to discover how wrong they were in their assumptions about the situation. Boldly take us where we've been, Captain Pike 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z

Cam’s platform consists of a smiling family and three words — “America, Jesus, Freedom” — and he seems secure in the assumption that his cheerful vacuity and aggressiveness will win him a fifth term. Movie Review: Movie Review: ‘The Campaign,’ Starring Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis 2012-08-10T03:56:14Z

Indeed Buckley’s assumptions about the importance of the intelligentsia to the American left were not without some basis in fact. Why conservatives hate college 2013-03-31T22:00:00Z

Because race has often been her subject, a frequent and career-shaping assumption is that it is her only one, a misperception that this retrospective makes a serious and successful effort to correct. Adrian Piper: The Thinking Canvas 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z

Yet, in other respects, the NTAs are a useful rebuke to some industry and media assumptions. National Television Awards: the populist choice, for good or ill 2013-01-24T10:57:30Z

For Smith, fielding the broad assumptions of others — as well as her own — is one of the driving forces of her work as a writer and as a human being. Zadie Smith, in Los Angeles, says 'I am a voyeur' 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

In fact, and the evidence for this is overwhelming, who I am and who you are is pretty much a plaything of context and assumptions. Relationship advice: Forget Venus and Mars 2012-09-04T12:00:00Z

This is not a silly assumption, of course, in a country whose college binge-drinking culture teaches kids to prefer quantity at an early age. Will Walmart eat L.A.? 2012-06-26T19:39:00Z

Much of the African-American history in the museum is presented with the assumption that those bearing witness to it are outside of that experience. The Smithsonian’s Black-History Museum Will Always Be a Failure and a Success 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z

Diakopoulos takes this cosy assumption apart by examining the way the algorithm works. How algorithms secretly shape the way we behave 2012-12-16T00:05:57Z

Under certain circumstances, and in the right setting, people tend to make assumptions about the company in their midst. Thanks to its stars, "Passing" is a masterpiece of subtle expression, rendered in black and white 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

And when she realized that her skills may have a practical application, she had to overcome the stigma of refugee chic, the assumption that she was being “inspired” by the crisis to make expensive clothes. Fashion’s Newest Frontier: The Disabled and the Displaced 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z

“I think we’re starting to see a shift in the assumption that ‘this can’t happen where I live,’” said Mr. Levy. Disaster Prep Kits Get a Makeover 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

This assumption is mistaken; family members do not need to be biological relatives to serve as the basis for identity formation. Do abandoned children have the right to know their origins? 2013-02-10T16:00:00Z

And this itself is a sign of how much has changed, of how quickly old assumptions have been swept away. T Magazine: Changing of the Avant-Garde 2011-02-25T20:22:41Z

The obvious assumption would be that it’s Paris-made and depressingly costly. | Fashion Review: Milan Shows How It All Makes Sense 2011-02-26T00:49:18Z

This leads her down various rabbit holes, guessing at narratives that may not fit with the truth of the case and questioning her own assumptions as she does so. Review | Long unsolved, a Harvard murder case gets a fresh look in ‘We Keep the Dead Close’ 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z

And if you need techniques to gain access to your hidden assumptions in order to examine and deconstruct them, such as the techniques of cognitive behavioral therapy, then certainly avail yourself of this knowledge. From grad school to social work 2013-02-11T01:00:00Z

Or, something which shatters our assumptions about ourselves in the world. My mentally ill sister 2012-06-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s an institution that’s based on the assumption that it’s a male who is working 24/7.” What Did It Take to Make ‘Equity,’ a Film About Women on Wall Street? 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

He had written with the assumption that Hillary Clinton would win the 2016 election and his plot imagined right-wing protests. Review | This political thriller imagines the unimaginable: a silent Trump 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z

She does so with a wryness and insight that never imposes itself on the flow of the story but which challenges the reader's assumptions with each carefully crafted sentence. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – review 2013-04-15T08:00:02Z

Research done before the show altered assumptions held for decades. Are Those Pictures Really Mozart? 2013-02-06T16:16:58Z

By stripping the production down and peeling away its assumptions, Mr. Fish is getting to the deepest fears of people who, after all, live on a frontier and on someone else’s land. Review: There’s a Dark, Golden Haze in This Reclaimed ‘Oklahoma!’ 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z

But it’s a natural assumption for a celebrity whose image TV massaged for the better part of four decades. A Man You Can Bait with a Skit 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z

There is an assumption that Vasari is guilty of some exaggeration because it would seem odd for the Florence establishment to lavish so many church commissions on an artist the townspeople thought was mad. Fame finally comes to little-known Renaissance master Piero di Cosimo 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z

As an example, Ms. Morrison wrote of simple day-to-day assumptions that accompany whiteness, including the “confidence that you will not be watched in a department store.” What Is the Color of Beauty? 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z

We behave as if capitalism itself were “nailed to the roof of heaven,” he writes, and few dare to question its assumptions. The Story of Appalachia, With Plenty of Villains 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z

The second is that it leads easily to the assumption that booze and drugs aren’t merely a poet’s occasional companions, but his indispensable partners. What Charles Bukowski’s Glamorous Displays of Alcoholism Left Out 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z

There’s this strange prevailing assumption that once you become a parent, you are automatically enrolled in the same club with all the other people who’ve also had children. Have yourself a narcissistic little Christmas: Hate-watching the annual Holderness video is the holiday tradition we deserve 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z

We reasoned that people might be over-applying their assumption about the relationship between time and fun when judging the duration of events yet to happen. Why vacations feel like they’re over before they even start 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z

I don’t know, maybe it’s just this current passage in American culture, when right-wing artists are so few, that has led us to some bad assumptions. The Artists Who Redesigned a War-Shattered Europe 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z

In a compassionate but nuanced telling, the novel effectively effaces assumptions of superiority and inferiority, good and bad. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z

State officials say pharmacies may be able to get access to scarce drugs when smaller wholesalers can't, on the assumption the drugs will go directly to patients who need them. Lawmakers probe pharmacy ties to drug shortages 2012-03-22T11:20:00Z

Until fat is reclaimed as a neutral descriptor, the assumption built into our language is that fat is bad/gross and fat people are ugly/lazy/unhealthy.” Is it OK to call someone fat? 2014-01-20T14:30:00Z

His virtuosity as a picturemaker and an actor’s director almost validates that assumption. Django Unchained: Tarantino Frees the Slaves 2012-12-12T16:04:56Z

“I challenge the assumption that a party is a neutral experience, but I also remember that it’s supposed to be fun.” The Gimlet Eye: Party Planners Need Friends With Benefits 2010-05-26T20:53:00Z

For example, “assumed” and “assumption” are used eight times in the Wikipedia entry about the Battle of Little Bighorn. Gene Weingarten: How do you tell Snap, Crackle and Pop apart? Who cares? 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

The assumption that "Iudaeoi" applied to Jesus's opponents always means "Jews" has spawned 2,000 years of wrong, and inspired people from Tomás de Torquemada to Jack the Ripper. New light on Christianity's Jewish roots 2011-04-05T15:06:50Z

"Kill Boksoon" will make you rethink that assumption, as the instant hit introduces the nuanced, engaging story of a woman who has a lot to learn from her daughter. Netflix's "Kill Boksoon" slays with a sharp, stylish take on an assassin balancing work & parenting 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z

His assumption is, ‘black woman in an expensive building – she must be working here.’ Meet the new hotshots of American film-making 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z

But if he talked anything like the way he does today, it was a logical assumption. Theater Review: ‘Helen & Edgar,’ Edgar Oliver’s Solo Show, at Theater 80 2012-10-12T22:43:25Z

We had taught each other so much, grown up together, laughed, struggled and learned to stand our ground against strangers and their assumptions. The Manny Diaries 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

There are a lot of assumptions around centenarians. At 100, orchestra has a midlife crisis 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z

“It’s liberating for women to explore men because we’re not shackled by the same assumptions about the male experience,” she says. What do female film-makers have to say about male stories? 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z

In the years since, I’ve looked back on my blog with shame and regret — about my pettiness, my motivating rage, my hard-and-fast assumptions that people were either good or bad. My Year of Grief and Cancellation 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z

It is watching a president spurn its expertise, attack its institutions and ridicule its most cherished assumptions. New Directions for American Foreign Policy 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

But it turns out that the assumptions that he and the F.B.I. special agent now overseeing the case, Geoff Kelly, were forming then became their active theory of the heist. Isabella Stewart Gardner Heist: 25 Years of Theories 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

In Chicago, the assumption is everything is going to be open. What namby-pamby Washington can learn from tough Chicago about winter 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

"Ted Lasso" was introduced as a the story of a out-of-place Kansas yokel in Britain, with Jason Sudeikis playing Ted as the kind of man aware of the assumptions people will make about him. "Ted Lasso" creators Jason Sudeikis and Brendan Hunt want you to know it's OK not to be OK 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z

Quarantine is bad enough without entertaining assumptions about the people in your isolation bubble. Review | You’re not alone: Thrillers and mysteries that also feature characters stuck in isolation 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z

It is a chipper music-hall entertainment that proceeds from the assumption that the world is starved for vintage showbiz lore, no matter how trivial, esoteric and geographically far-flung. Music Review: A Trouper Unleashes Backstage Tales 2010-12-19T23:12:36Z

In Natural Causes, Ehrenreich uses the latest biomedical research to challenge our assumption that we have agency over our bodies and minds. When do you know you're old enough to die? Barbara Ehrenreich has some answers 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z

The crucial assumption here is that art should serve beauty and truth. The Zero Dark Thirty Argument: Why Deceptive Art Can Be Great 2012-12-11T16:10:11Z

“So you would like to see more flexibility around that assumption?” The Couch in Rainbow Colors: ‘L.G.B.T.-Affirming’ Therapy 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z

“The president making assumptions about reporters based on their ethnicity is a pattern here.” Trump’s ‘ask China’ response to CBS’s Weijia Jiang shocked the room — and was part of a pattern 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z

It's also true that our media influences the way we think about longstanding assumptions and traditions. "House of the Dragon" and the question of queens 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z

That old advice is based on the assumption that emotions simply need release. The age of rage: are we really living in angrier times? 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z

Well, the sleeve notes by Ashley Kahn are extremely informative, but I would question the assumption that there is something “spiritual” about this last phase of Trane’s musical journey. Coltrane’s Free Jazz Wasn’t Just “A Lot of Noise” 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z

But Goldwyn and LaGravenese seem more interested in examining the small decisions, the omissions made for expediency, the assumptions not challenged, than any grand, soap operatic conspiracy. 'The Divide' on WE tv smartly smudges race, class stereotypes 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z

We owe a complete restructuring and rethinking of our assumptions. Nurturing the Next Fashion Leaders 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z

Asked about that contrast, Mr. Fuentes-León had no qualms acknowledging that he wanted to challenge “this assumption that sex between men is only rough and painful.” Director Helps Put Peru on the Film Map 2010-09-28T11:41:00Z

There was this assumption that, "Oh, people don't want to see that." Julia and Paul Child's marriage was "a true feminist love story," directors of "Julia" doc say 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z

While I empathize with your wish to build “positive new relationships” with your half-siblings, I caution you against making assumptions about how they will receive the news of your existence. My Surprise Biological Father Doesn’t Want to Meet Me 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z

The fact that Marcus could have no way of knowing who downloaded the film or what actions they took after watching doesn't enter into the discussion: Such assumptions are an article of faith. "Hurt Locker's" illegal downloading wars 2010-06-03T21:20:00Z

Like the character, goes the assumption, and you’ll like the show. Olive Kitteridge and Why "Likability" Is for Saps 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z

It was an assumption that lasted approximately 42 minutes before the record ended and someone got up and put on the Cooper Temple Clause instead. My favourite album: The Smell of Our Own by Hidden Cameras 2011-08-16T10:14:43Z

So You Think You Can Dance helps frame the problem another way: what if we revamp our assumptions about where genius resides? Fox’s populist dance spectacle 2012-09-18T18:08:00Z

Simplicity, modesty and obviousness appear to be his bywords, all the better to disturb the assumptions of preciousness, skill and aloofness basic to art. Martin Creed’s Anti-Spectacle at the Park Avenue Armory 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

Each new episode brings a flurry of tweets expressing a yearning for beach vacations and blended cocktails, something I can only attribute to the assumption that people are watching the show with their televisions muted. "The White Lotus" may inspire vacation fantasies, unless you see Belinda's point of view 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z

The film operates under the assumption that the average Joe associates Mormonism more with "Sister Wives" than Mitt Romney, so the film will be an eye-opener only for subscribers to such stereotypes. 'Meet the Mormons' shows diverse lives, to a point 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z