[...] âGoing to Extremesâ is the classic âpipeline eraâ book. Itâs written by an outsider, but thatâs sort of the point. Joe McGinniss describes the insanity of the multi-billion dollar pipeline project and the impact of new money and new people arriving in a tidal wave.eâs a scandalmonger, they say. Alaska is a scandalous place, I say; McGinniss tells the truth.â â Edward Abbey âThe best nonfiction of the yearâ¦One of the most terrifying and splendid pieces of prose in memory.â âBoston Globe âJoe McGinniss did not set out to judge or explain, but only to find out what Alaska is.
Adj. 1. inherent-existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity; a constitutional inability to tell the truth. built-in, inbuilt, integral, constitutional.
essence. n. 1. the characteristic or intrinsic feature of a thing, which determines its identity; fundamental nature. 2. the most distinctive element of a thing: the essence of a problem. 3. a perfect or complete form of something, esp a person who typifies an abstract quality: he was the essence of gentility. 4. (Philosophy) philosophy. a. the unchanging and unchangeable nature of something which is necessary to its being the thing it is; its necessary properties. Compare accident 4.