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Colors become aberrant, shifting suddenly from greens into turquoise blue, while authentic nature steps aside for abstraction.

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Restrictions are being put into place in the coming days which limit the removal of water from the natural environment around the two rivers for industry and agriculture, a process known as abstraction.

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In essence, “the economy” is an abstraction that individuals and groups give meaning.

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In this way, the personal is truly political, as direct experience is more important than statistical abstraction.

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Within that commemorative framework, Hiroshima has been effectively rendered an abstraction and reduced to a cautionary tale.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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