[...] 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.
1Existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute. âany form of mountaineering has its inherent dangersâ. âThe right to exclude non-citizens is an inherent attribute of sovereignty, but the scope of the exclusion is a matter of policy.â. âWhile these patterns are not inherent or permanent, they are certainly not easy to do away with.â. âThirdly, the inherent weaknesses of using existing census data are readily admitted by health economists.â. âThe constituents of divine knowledge essentially represent the inherent divinity of man.â.