Facebook and the like are tools for building networks, which are the opposite, in structure and character, of hierarchies.

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Post-Games (this is called the "legacy mode"), the wings will come off and the sides of the smaller, core building will be glazed, completely transforming the structure's character.

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Broadly speaking, when you break it down, screenwriting consists of three important parts: character development, dialogue, and structure.

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The criminal's divided character is reflected in the unconventional structure of the book.

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He's also employing a different story structure, having Cross' character converge on the paths of Edward Norton's retired Col.

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Countless modern writers have been influenced by Anton Chekhov's short stories and plays, which renounce plot-based structure, concentrating instead on the quasiabstract sketching of character and mood.

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That done, trying the experiment with different conductors may suggest why a subtle change in the structure of an insulator or a superconductor can cause a major change in its character.

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