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...been trained philosophically just wouldn’t allow it; I couldn’t make it precise enough. I love the fact that literature is not precise, that fiction is not precise. It can do justice to the messiness, the confusion, the conflicts, the ambiguity??I love that about...

Author: By Kathryn C. Reed, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Questions With Rebecca N. Goldstein | 2/11/2010 | See Source »

...particularly well done, supplementing the haunted quality of the work. “Pelican and the Isle of the Dead” is a work built on ambiguity; everyone lies, and no character is entirely free of suspicion or guilt. It is only by eliminating that ambiguity??in seeking the truth of their mother’s actions and admitting the truth of their abuse—that Frederic and his sister Gerda are able to achieve peace. That conclusion “Pelican” ends on a hopeful note, despite the dark journey it took...

Author: By Mary A. Brazelton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cast of Pelican Soars | 3/19/2006 | See Source »

...potentially incriminating vein. “While one viewer might watch WWE and see nothing more than a bunch of steroid-addled actors with gender issues, another person could witness the spectacle and see a modern-day burlesque. There’s melodrama, slapstick humor, sexual ambiguity??frankly, Commedia dell’Arte incorporates most of the same elements...

Author: By Diana E. Garvin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Et tu, Steve Austin? | 10/6/2005 | See Source »

While the 23 proposed magazine entries are predominantly written works, yesterday’s debate revolved around the proposal of a “photo essay...that addresses the ambiguity?? between art and pornography “by looking at a spectrum of photos, from acceptable/artistically evocative to unacceptable/too provocative...

Author: By William B. Higgins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Committee Vets Sex Magazine | 3/17/2004 | See Source »

...negotiating experience under former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak from November 1999 to January 2001 and the need to integrate and develop these lessons. Initially, the exercise focused on producing a detailed blueprint for an agreement on all issues, based on the conclusion that “constructive ambiguity?? in relation to these issues had become damaging to the peace process. The end product—a detailed and final agreement—would become the reference point for peace and could be used by future negotiators or other interested parties...

Author: By Alexis Keller, | Title: The Missing Piece of the Puzzle | 2/4/2004 | See Source »

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