[...] 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.
1 He has an inherent sense of fair play. 2  inherent. 3  It is one more proof that our world has lost the kind of exquisite sensibility displayed by John Milton when he came up with his definition of poetry. âTerry Eagleton, Harper's, March 2005. 2  The problem â¦ is inherent and perennial in any democracy, but it has been more severe in ours during the past quarter-century because of the near universal denigration of government, politics and politicians.